Waterpipe smoking in Kuwait.

A nonrandom sample of 2972 Kuwaitis answered a questionnaire about smoking behaviour and beliefs. More than one-third (35%) were nonsmokers, 45% smoked only the waterpipe, 12% only cigarettes and 8% both waterpipe and cigarettes. Compared with cigarette smokers, waterpipe smokers were more likely to...

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Publicado en:Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Vol. 16; no. 11; pp. 1115 - 1121
Autores principales: Mohammed HR, Zhang Y, Newman IM, Shell DF
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: World Health Organization Nov2010
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        affil: Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, University of Kuwait, Kuwait
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          Smoking Epidemiology
          Health Knowledge
          Smoking Psychosocial Factors
          Questionnaires
          Kuwait
          Factor Analysis
          Health Behavior
          Summated Rating Scaling
          Data Analysis Software
          Peer Pressure
          Sex Factors
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Adult
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      ab: A nonrandom sample of 2972 Kuwaitis answered a questionnaire about smoking behaviour and beliefs. More than one-third (35%) were nonsmokers, 45% smoked only the waterpipe, 12% only cigarettes and 8% both waterpipe and cigarettes. Compared with cigarette smokers, waterpipe smokers were more likely to be female and to be unskilled manual workers than professionals or students. Waterpipe smokers started the habit at an older age on average than cigarette smokers. Most waterpipe smokers smoked only 1 bowl per day, and smoked mostly at coffee houses. Factor analysis of beliefs about waterpipe smoking resulted in 4 groups of beliefs which explained 50% of the variance. The results are discussed in terms of public health policy and possible risk reduction strategies.
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