Mohammed Jawad
Waterpipe tobacco use in the United Kingdom: A cross-sectional study among university students and stop smoking practitioners
Jawad, Mohammed; Choaie, Elham; Brose, Leonie; Dogar, Omara; Grant, Aimee; Jenkinson, Elizabeth; McEwen, Andy; Millett, Christopher; Shahab, Lion
Authors
Elham Choaie
Leonie Brose
Omara Dogar
Aimee Grant
Elizabeth Jenkinson Elizabeth2.Jenkinson@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Health Psychology
Andy McEwen
Christopher Millett
Lion Shahab
Abstract
© 2016 Jawad et al.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Introduction: Despite cigarette-like adverse health outcomes associated with waterpipe tobacco smoking and increase in its use among youth, it is a much underexplored research area. We aimed to measure the prevalence and patterns of waterpipe tobacco use and evaluate tobacco control policy with respect to waterpipe tobacco, in several universities across the UK. We also aimed to measure stop smoking practitioners' encounter of waterpipe tobacco smoking. Methods: We distributed an online survey to six UK universities, asking detailed questions on waterpipe tobacco. Multivariable logistic regression models, adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, graduate status, university and socioeconomic status (SES) assessed associations between waterpipe tobacco smoking (single use and dual use with cigarettes) and sociodemographic variables. SES was ascertained by average weekly self-spend on non-essentials. We also descriptively analysed data from a 2012 survey of stop smoking practitioners to assess the proportion of clients that used waterpipe regularly. Results: f 2217 student responses, 66.0%(95% CI 63.9-68.0%) had tried waterpipe tobacco smoking; 14.3%(95% CI 12.8-15.8%) reported past-30 day use, and 8.7% (95% CI 7.6-9.9%) reported at least monthly users. Past-30 day waterpipe-only use was associated with being younger (AOR 0.95, 95% CI 0.91-0.99), male (AOR 1.44, 95% CI 1.08-1.94), higher SES (AOR 1.16, 95% CI 1.06-1.28) and belonging to non-white ethnicities (vs. white, AOR 2.24, 95% CI 1.66-3.04). Compared to less than monthly users, monthly users were significantly more likely to have urges to smoke waterpipe (28.1% vs. 3.1%, p
Citation
Jawad, M., Choaie, E., Brose, L., Dogar, O., Grant, A., Jenkinson, E., …Shahab, L. (2016). Waterpipe tobacco use in the United Kingdom: A cross-sectional study among university students and stop smoking practitioners. PLoS ONE, 11(1), Article e0146799. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146799
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 21, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 8, 2016 |
Publication Date | Jan 8, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Feb 15, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 15, 2016 |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
Electronic ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 1 |
Article Number | e0146799 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146799 |
Keywords | waterpipe tobacco, smoking, university students, practitioner, UK |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/919054 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146799 |
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