College Student Beliefs and Behavior Regarding Sharing When Smoking Hookahs
| Autor: | Noura O Kassem, Melbourne F. Hovell, Sheila R Jackson, Sandy Liles, Alexander Ivan B Posis, Nada O.F. Kassem |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adult
Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Universities Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Health Behavior MEDLINE Water Pipe Smoking Article Etiquette Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Risk-Taking medicine Humans Young adult Social Behavior Students media_common 030505 public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Smoking initiation Family medicine Normative Female Health behavior 0305 other medical science Psychology Disease transmission |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Health Behavior. 43:133-144 |
| ISSN: | 1087-3244 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES: We examined college students’ beliefs and behavior regarding sharing when smoking a hookah, a practice that may involve substantial risk of disease transmission. METHODS: We carried out a cross-sectional Web-based survey of undergraduate ever users of hookah (N = 970) at a US university in 2007. RESULTS: Hookah sharing started at initiation of hookah use. The first-time participants smoked hookah, 96.9% shared it, and 97.5% were with friends either in a hookah lounge (59.5%) or at a friend’s home (30%). Participants shared a hookah when they first smoked it because sharing was acceptable with friends, family, or trusted others, normative etiquette, not problematic/harmful, cheaper, or the only smoking option. Participants did not use a mouth tip when they first smoked a hookah because it is not necessary with friends/family, there was no tip available, they were unaware of tips, or did not want to use one. CONCLUSIONS: Overwhelmingly, hookah sharing started at smoking initiation. Efforts are needed to create an environment in which sharing hookah practices are less acceptable such as increasing awareness of potential health risks of sharing, particularly among youth, and providing disposable hoses, disposable mouth tips, and proper hookah device cleaning practices in private and public hookah venues settings. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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