ArticleAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP2017
Patterns, Beliefs, Norms and Perceived Harms of Hookah Smoking in North Iran
Article in Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Identifying smoker subgroups with low readiness to quit: a cluster analysis of perceived lung cancer and asthma risk profiles.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Perceived risk of cardiovascular diseases and its determinants in Hookah users in Southwest of Iran.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Determining the perceived risk of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) among hookah users in Iran.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2024Article
- Hookah Smoking among Brazilian University Students: An Exploratory Survey on the Prevalence and Perceptions of Addiction and its Harmfulness.Addiction & health · 2022Article
- Waterpipe Smoking in Pregnant Women of Zahedan City in 2020: Prevalence and Associated Factors.International journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
- COVID-19 and beliefs about tobacco use: an online cross-sectional study in Iran.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- Effects of a multi-level intervention on hookah smoking frequency and duration among Iranian adolescents and adults: an application of socio-ecological model.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Natural Course of Nicotine Dependence Among Adolescent Waterpipe and Cigarette Smokers.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2020Article
- Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Lebanon Waterpipe Dependence Scale in a Sample of Iranian Waterpipe Smokers.Addiction & health · 2020Article
- Development of an instrument based on the theory of planned behavior variables to measure factors influencing Iranian adults' intention to quit waterpipe tobacco smoking.Psychology research and behavior management · 2019Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Iranian Brief Version of the Transtheoretical Model Instrument in Terms of Hookah Tobacco Smoking Cessation.Addiction & health · 2018Article
- Waterpipe tobacco smoking: A reality or hidden iceberg for Iranian women.Health promotion perspectives · 2018Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Hookah smoking is considered as a public health threat around the globe. The aim of this study was to investigatethe hookah smoking patterns, beliefs, norms and perceived harms in Golestan province of Iran. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 395 hookah smokers using convenience sampling method in 2015. To collect data, Heinz’s hookah patternwas utilized. Ordinal regression models were used to exploring of covariates related to the odds of life time, last-30-day, and current hookah use. Results: In general, 357 (90.4%) subjects were male smokers. Most of subjects smoked hookah in café (62.2%) and with friends (75.6%). The majority of them (71.1%) did not consider themselves as a hooked person. Cigarette smoking (OR =.65, 95 % CI .42-.98), low perceived addictiveness of hookah than cigarettes (OR =2.33, 95 % CI 1.45-3.73), Social context of hookah smoking with friends in café (OR =1.14, 95 % CI 1.08-1.2), and number of close friends who smoked hookah (OR =1.38, 95 % CI 1.18-1.61) were effective variables affected the past month use of hookah. Conclusion:Development, implementation and assessment of interventions particularly adapted to hookah smoking regarding increase of perceived harm of hookah than cigarette and its probable addiction focusing on close friends appeared to be beneficial.
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