Predictors of Intention to Quit Waterpipe Smoking: A Survey of Arab Americans in Houston, Texas
Joint Authors
Athamneh, Liqa
Sansgiry, Sujit S.
Essien, E. James
Abughosh, Susan
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-03-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Waterpipe smoking has been described as “the second global tobacco epidemic since the cigarette.” Both Middle Eastern ethnicity and having a friend of Middle Eastern ethnicity have been reported as significant predictors of waterpipe smoking.
Addressing waterpipe smoking in this ethnic minority is essential to controlling this growing epidemic in the US.
We investigated the predictors of an intention to quit waterpipe smoking by surveying 340 Arab American adults in the Houston area.
Primary analyses were conducted using stepwise logistic regression.
Only 27% of participants reported having an intention to quit waterpipe smoking.
Intention to quit waterpipe smoking was significantly higher with history of cigar use, a prior attempt to quit, and not smoking when seriously ill and significantly lower with increasing age, medium cultural acceptability of using waterpipe among family, high cultural acceptability of using waterpipe among friends, longer duration of smoking sessions, and perceiving waterpipe smoking as less harmful than cigarettes.
Educational programs that target Arab Americans in general, and specifically older adults, those who smoke waterpipe for more than 60 minutes, those whose family and friends approve waterpipe smoking, and those with no former attempts to quit, may be necessary to increase the intention to quit waterpipe smoking.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Athamneh, Liqa& Sansgiry, Sujit S.& Essien, E. James& Abughosh, Susan. 2015. Predictors of Intention to Quit Waterpipe Smoking: A Survey of Arab Americans in Houston, Texas. Journal of Addiction،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Athamneh, Liqa…[et al.]. Predictors of Intention to Quit Waterpipe Smoking: A Survey of Arab Americans in Houston, Texas. Journal of Addiction No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Athamneh, Liqa& Sansgiry, Sujit S.& Essien, E. James& Abughosh, Susan. Predictors of Intention to Quit Waterpipe Smoking: A Survey of Arab Americans in Houston, Texas. Journal of Addiction. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1067023
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1067023