Smoking motivators are different among cigarette and waterpipe smokers: The results of ITUPP
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- 10.1016/j.jegh.2014.12.003How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Adolescence; Cigarette; Motive; Initiation; Smoking; Waterpipe
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The present study explores different drivers of cigarette and water pipe smoking among middle and high school students in Isfahan province. A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted. Trained staff collected questionnaires and saliva samples for response accuracy evaluation. Prevalence by demographic, parental and educational factors was calculated. Logistic regression was applied to compare behavior drivers of those who purely smoked cigarettes or a waterpipe. Waterpipe smokers were considered as the reference category. This study reported ORs along 95% confidence intervals; 5408 questionnaires were returned. The sample age was 15.37 ± 01.70 on average. The self-reported prevalence of cigarette and waterpipe experimentation was 11.60% (n = 624) and 20.70% (n = 1,109), respectively; and 5.08% (n = 311), 11.06% (n = 619) for smokers, and 13.30% (n = 711) for the whole sample. Psychological factors were the most important driver for cigarette smoking; bad event happening with odds of 2.38 (95% CI: 1.29–4.39); angriness 2.58 times (95% CI: 1.51–4.43); and distress by 2.49 times (95% CI: 1.42–4.40). Habitual situations were strong predictors of cigarette smoking, but not a predictor of waterpipe smoking, such as smoking after a meal (OR = 3.11, 95% CI: 1.67–5.77); and smoking after waking up (OR = 2.56, 95% CI: 1.42–4.40). Comprehensive and multifaceted preventive programs must tailor identified factors and increase family’s awareness.
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- © 2015 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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TY - JOUR AU - Hamidreza Roohafza AU - Kamal Heidari AU - Tahereh Alinia AU - Razieh Omidi AU - Masoumeh Sadeghi AU - Elham Andalib AU - Ali Ajami AU - Nizal Sarrafzadegan PY - 2015 DA - 2015/01/30 TI - Smoking motivators are different among cigarette and waterpipe smokers: The results of ITUPP JO - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health SP - 249 EP - 258 VL - 5 IS - 3 SN - 2210-6014 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jegh.2014.12.003 DO - 10.1016/j.jegh.2014.12.003 ID - Roohafza2015 ER -