ArticleBMJ open2015
Eliciting preferences for waterpipe tobacco smoking using a discrete choice experiment: implications for product regulation.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Preventing and controlling water pipe smoking: a systematic review of management interventions.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Health Communication for Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products.Health communication · 2019Pooled it
- Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics: Past, Present and Future.PharmacoEconomics · 2019Pooled it
- Impact of non-menthol flavours in tobacco products on perceptions and use among youth, young adults and adults: a systematic review.Tobacco control · 2017Pooled it
- Visual Attention to Health Warning Labels on Waterpipe Venue Menus in Immersive Virtual Reality.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Trial
- Waterpipe Tobacco Warnings: An Experimental Study Among a Nationally Representative Sample of US Young Adults.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Trial
- How tax structures for retail cannabis shape cannabis use among youth and young adults: evidence from a volumetric choice experiment.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026Article
- Assessing the Impact of Messages About Reduced Nicotine Cigar Products Among People Who Use Little Cigars and Cigarillos: Insights From a Discrete Choice Experiment.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Messaging about very low nicotine cigarettes (VLNCs) to influence policy attitudes, harm perceptions and smoking motivations: a discrete choice experiment.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Measuring the Implementation Preferences of Emergency Medical Services Clinicians Using Discrete Choice Experiments.Prehospital emergency care · 2024Article
- Will tobacco price increases lead more people who smoke to vape? The results from a discrete choice experiment amongst U.S. adults.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The tobacco-free fallacy: What paediatricians should know about herbal smoking products.Paediatrics & child health · 2023Article
- Monitoring and Combating Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Through Surveillance and Taxation.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- Adapting waterpipe-specific pictorial health warning labels to the Tunisian context using a mixed method approach.PloS one · 2023Article
- Own-price and cross-price elasticities of demand for cigarettes and waterpipe tobacco in three Eastern Mediterranean countries: a volumetric choice experiment.Tobacco control · 2023Article
- Discussion of waterpipe tobacco smoking on reddit.Heliyon · 2022Article
- Prevalence of hookah smoking and associated factors among male high school students in Iraq.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Agent-based Modeling in Tobacco Regulatory Science: Exploring 'What if' in Waterpipe Smoking.Tobacco regulatory science · 2020Article
- Delphi study among international expert panel to develop waterpipe-specific health warning labels.Tobacco control · 2020Article
- Effect of flavour manipulation on low and high-frequency waterpipe users' puff topography, toxicant exposures and subjective experiences.Tobacco control · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesWaterpipe smoking is highly prevalent among university students, and has been increasing in popularity despite mounting evidence showing it is harmful to health. The aim of this study was to measure preferences for waterpipe smoking and determine which product characteristics are most important to smokers.
settingA large university in the Southeastern USA.
participantsAdult waterpipe smokers attending the university (N=367).
designParticipants completed an Internet-based discrete choice experiment to reveal their preferences for, and trade-offs between, the attributes of hypothetical waterpipe smoking sessions. Participants were presented with waterpipe lounge menus, each with three fruit-flavoured options and one tobacco flavoured option, in addition to an opt out option. Nicotine content and price were provided for each choice. Participants were randomised to either receive menus with a text-only health-warning message or no message. OUTCOME MEASURES: Multinomial and nested logit models were used to estimate the impact on consumer choice of attributes and between-subject assignment of health warnings respectively.
resultsOn average, participants preferred fruit-flavoured varieties to tobacco flavour. They were averse to options labelled with higher nicotine content. Females and non-smokers of cigarettes were more likely than their counterparts to prefer flavoured and nicotine-free varieties. Participants exposed to a health warning were more likely to opt out.
conclusionsFruit-flavoured tobacco and lower nicotine content labels, two strategies widely used by the industry, increase the demand for waterpipe smoking among young adults. Waterpipe-specific regulation should limit the availability of flavoured waterpipe tobacco and require accurate labelling of constituents. Waterpipe-specific tobacco control regulation, along with research to inform policy, is required to curb this emerging public health threat.
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