Perception and intentions to quit among waterpipe smokers in Qatar: a cross-sectional survey

Jaam, Myriam; Al-Marridi, W; Fares, Hebatala; Izham, Mohamed; Kheir, Nadir; Awaisu, Ahmed

doi:10.5588/pha.15.0054

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“…Relatively, higher proportion of students (69.9%) acknowledged that shisha smoking was associated with heart diseases, consistent with the findings of a previous study conducted in Malaysia (AL-Naggar and Saghir, 2011). Earlier studies conducted in Saudi Arabia (Amin et al, 2010), Malaysia (AL-Naggar and Saghir, 2011) and Qatar (Jaam et al, 2016) are in agreement to the findings of the current study that the participants did not have adequate knowledge about different health complications such as cancer, gum diseases, sexual problems, stroke etc. related to shisha smoking.…”

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confidence: 91%

A Cross Sectional Study on Knowledge, Beliefs and Psychosocial Predictors of Shisha Smoking among University Students in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Saravanan

Attlee

Sulaiman

2019

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev

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Background:Smoking is now prohibited in all educational institutions and other public places in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but shisha smoking is considered as one of the major problems among the students population. This study aimed to identify the (a) prevalence of ever shisha, current shisha and shisha dependency smokers among university students in the University of Sharjah (UOS), (b) knowledge and belief differences among ever shisha, current shisha as well as shisha dependency smoking students, (c) relationship between precipitating factors and shisha dependency and (d) precipitating factors (stimulation, handling, pleasure, tension reduction, addiction (dependency), automatism (habit) and social interaction, parents smoking behavior, knowledge and beliefs about smoking predict shisha dependency among students in UOS.Materials and Methods:In this cross sectional study, 633 students participated from UOS, UAE. Knowledge and Belief scale, Modified Reason for Smoking Scale and Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) were used to measure knowledge, beliefs, shisha dependency and predictive factors of smoking behavior among undergraduate students in UOS.Results:Nearly103 (16.3%) of students were addictive to shisha smoking based on FTND. Students had adequate knowledge that smoking led to cardiac problems; however, their knowledge about the other consequences of smoking was inadequate and believed that smoking was not harmful. There was a significant positive relationship between addiction, pleasure, social interaction, habit, parental smoking behavior and shisha dependency behavior among current shisha dependency students. Habit, addiction, pleasure, social interaction and parental smoking were the predictors of shisha smoking dependency among this population. Step wise multiple regressions showed that social interaction was the highest significant predictor for shisha dependency behavior.Conclusions:Hence, there is a need to enhance the knowledge and modify irrational beliefs about shisha smoking as these students possess inadequate knowledge about consequences of shisha smoking.

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A Cross Sectional Study on Knowledge, Beliefs and Psychosocial Predictors of Shisha Smoking among University Students in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Saravanan

Attlee

Sulaiman

2019

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev

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“…The prevalence of STS from the study was substantially higher than the prevalence of 12.6% which had reported in 2008 among a sample from the same university (Taha et al, 2010); the finding indicates a noticeable increase in shisha use over the time. Similarly, a high prevalence of STS among students was also reported from universities in Al Madinah and Riyadh regions of Saudi Arabia (Awan et al, 2016;Daradka et al, 2019), in other countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (Roohafza et al, 2015;Jaam et al, 2016;Tucktuck et al, 2018). The current estimate was also higher than that among the general adult population in Saudi Arabia (Al Nomay and E Ahmed, 2015).…”

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confidence: 68%

“…A cross-sectional study (2015) of male students from a university in the central region of Saudi Arabia reported that knowledge about the health hazards of STS was low among the students (Awan et al, 2016). Studies from neighboring countries of Saudi Arabia, which were conducted among young shisha users, observed that a substantial proportion of the shisha users viewed shisha as a safer alternative to cigarettes (Jaam et al, 2016;Abu-Rmeileh et al, 2018). Lack of effective interventions that target young population, who smoke shisha, is a serious public health concern in Saudi Arabia (Maziak et al, 2015a).…”

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confidence: 99%

A call for Effective Interventions to Curb Shisha Tobacco Smoking among University Students in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study

Alshayban

Joseph

2019

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev

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Background: Although the number of cigarettes smoked has been declining due to major public health initiatives, shisha tobacco smoking is gaining popularity around the world, particularly among youth and university students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 464 university students in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia using a structured questionnaire (i) to assess the prevalence of shisha smoking; (ii) to evaluate risk-perception, knowledge and normative belief about shisha smoking, and to compare these among users and non-users of shisha. Results: The study reported a high prevalence (22.8%) of the current use of shisha among the university students with a narrow gender gap and found that STS is getting more popular than other forms of tobacco. A quarter of participants had low risk perception and 30.2% had low knowledge of shisha smoking harm. Importantly, more than two-fifth of them were current users of shisha. Low risk-perception about shisha and social acceptability were significantly contributed to the high prevalence of shisha smoking among the youth. Conclusion: It is important to provide exposure to education related to shisha hazards and increase the awareness of students and the public about the health effects of shisha smoking.

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“…including United States [4,[22][23][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38], United Kingdom [21,[39][40][41][42][43], Germany [6,44], Iran [45][46], Egypt [47][48], Malaysia [49], India [50], Dutch [51], Pakistan [52], Qatar [53], Jordan [10], Lebanon [54], Syria [55], Turkey [56], Bahrain [57], Israel [58], United Arab Emirates [22], Saudi Arabia [59],…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In fact, some studies reported that taxation is effective in controlling tobacco smoking [53-54, 65, and 85]. However, Jaam [53], and Maziak [86] showed that cheap or expensive prices may not be effective in controlling WPS. Several studies suggested that executive authorities have main roles in controlling WPS, and they should be supported by legislative enforcers and policy makers [21, 23, and 87].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Worldwide Experienced Policy and Management Interventions in Preventing and Controlling Water Pipe Smoking

Babaie

Doshmangir

Abdollahi

et al. 2020

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Background: A review is carried out to identify management and policy interventions affecting preventing and controlling Water Pipe Smoking (WPS) worldwide. Methods: PubMed, ISI Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, Science Direct, and Ovid from 1990 to August 2018 were reviewed through a literature review process. Primary studies reported at least one intervention in preventing and controlling WPS. The surveyed studies were independently checked by two investigators and quality appraised, and relevant data were extracted. Results: Out of 4343 retrieved records from the databases, 2228 records were screened, and 38 studies were selected as the main corpus of the study. The interventions identified from the content analysis process were placed in two main categories, namely management and policy interventions. The category of management interventions was related to the prevention and control measures of WPS. The category of policy interventions focused on the enactment and implementation of legislatives and policies to control WPS in national and international levels. Most interventions focused on school-based education and lack of proper interventions in WP industry. Conclusion: Our findings indicate that governments are ignorant of this important social and health crisis, and very few measures have been taken to control WPS. Informed interventions, especially among school-based and adolescents can lead to promising results in preventing and controlling WPS. There is a need to develop and design WP-specific evidence-based interventions.

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Perception and intentions to quit among waterpipe smokers in Qatar: a cross-sectional survey

Cited by 25 publications

References 29 publications

A Cross Sectional Study on Knowledge, Beliefs and Psychosocial Predictors of Shisha Smoking among University Students in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

A Cross Sectional Study on Knowledge, Beliefs and Psychosocial Predictors of Shisha Smoking among University Students in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

A call for Effective Interventions to Curb Shisha Tobacco Smoking among University Students in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study

Worldwide Experienced Policy and Management Interventions in Preventing and Controlling Water Pipe Smoking

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