Predictors of Arab American Adolescent Tobacco Use

Rice, Virginia Hill; Weglicki, Linda; Templin, Thomas; Hammad, Adnan; Jamil, Hikmet; Kulwicki, Anahid

doi:10.1353/mpq.2006.0020

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“…This was slightly lower than estimates from Kampala, Uganda at 5.3% (Mpabulungi & Muula, 2004) but higher than that reported from Nigeria (Lawoyin et al, 2005). Our results have lower estimates compared to a study of 14-18 year olds in the United States (Rice et al, 2006) that reported that cigarette smoking in past 30 days was 6.9%. In the same study, 29% of the participants in the United States study reported to have ever smoked cigarettes.…”

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Prevalence and determinants of cigarette smoking among adolescents in Blantyre City, Malawi

Muula¹

2007

Tanzania J Hlth Res

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Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as ischaemic heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive airways disease and several cancers. There is little data about the prevalence and determinants of smoking among adolescents in southern Africa. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and determinants of cigarette smoking among adolescents in Blantyre City, Malawi. Cross-sectional data were obtained from school-going adolescents in Blantyre in 2001 using the Global Youth Tobacco Survey data collection instrument. Data were analysed to determine prevalence of current and ever cigarette smoking, and predictors of smoking. The prevalence of current smoking and ever smoking were 3.0% and 15.6%, respectively. Predictors of current tobacco smoking included male gender, having friends or parents who smoked, having been exposed to advertisements about tobacco brands on television and having seen a lot of advertisements in newspapers and magazines. School programmes that included being taught about smoking in class and a class discussion on the dangers of tobacco were not associated with reduced current smoking. Intervention programmes aiming to curb tobacco smoking among adolescents should focus on dealing also with parental smoking, peer influence and pay special attention toward male gender. School-based programmes to prevent smoking should be evaluated as some may have little impact in influencing current smoking status.

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Prevalence and determinants of cigarette smoking among adolescents in Blantyre City, Malawi

Muula¹

2007

Tanzania J Hlth Res

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“…Water-pipe use was nine times as likely to be present among those who were experimenting with tobacco than among those who were not. Surprisingly, water-pipe smoking was not correlated with parental tobacco use [41]. Similarly, Islam et al [48] performed a cross-sectional survey of 461 Muslim Arab American adolescents (12 to 19 years of age) in Virginia and were able to calculate the prevalence of susceptibility to smoking (50%), experimentation (e.g., having "ever" smoked) (45%), smoking in the last 30 days (18%), and current smoking (12%) in young adults.…”

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“…Ancestry searches were used to identify any relevant studies that were not detected by the primary search. Because water-pipe smoking is a highly-prevalent behavior among Arabs and Arab Americans (practiced by an estimated 17% to 44.2% of this population) [10,41,42], studies that included water-pipe smoking or exclusively looked at water-pipe smoking behaviors among Arab Americans were also included. In addition, studies that included both adolescents and adults were included in this review.…”

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“…Few studies, however, have been conducted in the US to examine the prevalence of dual smoking and associated risk factors in this population. In a study evaluating tobacco use in Yemeni-American adolescents, researchers reported significant positive effects of age (p=0.03), parental smoking (p=0.01), peer smoking influence (p=0.001), and early age experimentation with tobacco (p=0.01) on tobacco use, and a significant negative effect of educational performance (p=0.04) on tobacco use [41,47]. In a sample of 297 Yemeni-American adolescents between the age of 14 and 18, 39% had tried tobacco and 17.2% were currently smoking water pipe.…”

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Smoking Behavior in Arab Americans: A Systematic Review

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J Community Med Health Educ

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“…Even more concerning, they found the odds of a teen experimenting with cigarettes were more than eight times greater if they had "ever smoked" a waterpipe. 16 Most studies related to prevalence are from the Middle East and Asia. If the U.S. trend grows to resemble international patterns, however, the data are disturbing.…”

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Why do GDPs fail to recognise oral cancer? The argument for an oral cancer checklist

Dave

2013

Br Dent J

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In the last few years, new popularity for an old form of tobacco use has been gaining ground within this already susceptible group. Waterpipes (also known as hookahs) are the first new tobacco trend of the 21st century. This Trend Alert looks at the emerging waterpipe tobacco use trend and the widespread misperceptions that exist about its use.Existing evidence on waterpipe smoking shows that it carries many of the same health risks and has been linked to many of the same diseases caused by cigarette smoking. Access to this "new" form of tobacco use continues to grow, especially in hookah cafes targeting 18-to-24-year olds.The tobacco control community must educate the public about the potential dangers of the growing waterpipe trend. Tobacco Policy Trend Alert AN EMERGING DEADLY TREND: WATERPIPE TOBACCO USETobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death in the United States, killing an estimated 438,000 people in this country 1 and almost 5 million worldwide every year. 2 While cigarette smoking is declining overall in the United States, tobacco use remains high among youth and young adults, especially college students. Young adults ages 18 to 24 are more than three times more likely to smoke than people 65 years and older. 3 In the last few years, new popularity for an old form of tobacco use has been gaining ground within this already susceptible group. Waterpipes (also known as hookahs) are the first new tobacco trend of the 21st century. Originating in the Middle East and spreading throughout Europe and the United States. These small, inexpensive, and socially-used tobacco pipes have become as fashionable as cigars were in the later 1990s, especially among urban youth, young professionals, and college students. Small cafés and clubs that rent the use of hookahs and sell special hookah tobacco are making their mark on the young, hip, urban scene.Like many tobacco products, use of these pipes is linked to lung cancer and other respiratory and heart diseases. Waterpipe tobacco smokers are exposed to cancer-causing chemicals and hazardous gases such as carbon monoxide. Waterpipe users are also exposed to nicotine, the substance in tobacco that causes addictive behavior. Despite knowing the dangers of waterpipe smoking, one study found that most (more than 90%) beginning waterpipe smokers believe cigarette smoking is more addictive than waterpipe smoking. The same study also found evidence that the use of waterpipes is increasing throughout the world. 4 This Trend Alert looks at the emerging waterpipe tobacco use trend and the widespread misperceptions that exist about its use.

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Predictors of Arab American Adolescent Tobacco Use

Cited by 58 publications

References 19 publications

Prevalence and determinants of cigarette smoking among adolescents in Blantyre City, Malawi

Prevalence and determinants of cigarette smoking among adolescents in Blantyre City, Malawi

Smoking Behavior in Arab Americans: A Systematic Review

Why do GDPs fail to recognise oral cancer? The argument for an oral cancer checklist

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