Waterpipe smoking among students in one US university: predictors of an intention to quit

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Journal of American college health : J of ACH

J.Am.Coll.Health

528

535

JID: 8214119; ppublish

United States

1940-3208; 0744-8481

PMID: 23002801

eng

Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; IM

10.1080/07448481.2012.718018 [doi]

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OBJECTIVE: To examine the intention to quit waterpipe smoking among college students. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 276 University of Houston students identified through an online survey administered in February 2011. Participants indicated they had smoked a waterpipe in the month prior to the survey. METHODS: Cross-sectional study. Questions included demographics, tobacco use, perceived risk of waterpipe smoking, and social acceptability. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine predictors of an intention to quit. RESULTS: Most of the sample participants (n = 227; 83%) reported that they had no intention to quit. Students believing that waterpipe smoking was harmful were more likely to have an intention to quit (odd ratio [OR] = 2.38, 95% confidence interval [CI; 1.05, 5.36]). Those who smoked for more than 60 minutes were less likely to have a desire to quit (OR = 0.29, 95% CI [0.12, 0.73]). CONCLUSIONS: The low level of a desire to quit demonstrated underscores the urgent need to develop interventions that educate users about expected harms of continued use.

Abughosh,S., Wu,I.H., Rajan,S., Peters,R.J., Essien,E.J.

Institute of Community Health, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA. smabughosh@uh.edu

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2012