Adolescent health briefWaterpipe Tobacco Smoking on a U.S. College Campus: Prevalence and Correlates
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Methods
A cross-sectional, institutional review board–exempt, Internet survey was conducted among the 1,194 students enrolled in VCU Introduction to Psychology courses (March 8 through May 4, 2006). Participants were at least 18 years of age and earned course credit for research participation. Except for university-specific content, survey items were as reported elsewhere [3] and covered demographics, tobacco use, risk perceptions, and perceived social acceptability. The survey was completed by 744
Results
Participant demographics are described in detail in Table 1. Of the 744 participants, 65% were women, 72% were 18 or 19 years old, 57% were of white ethnicity, and 20% had smoked a waterpipe in the past 30 days.
In a multivariable model (Table 2), use of a waterpipe during the past 30 days, compared to never-use, was associated with greater likelihood of having smoked cigarettes (OR = 10.44) and cigars or cigarillos (OR = 6.31) in the past 30 days, greater likelihood of believing that waterpipe
Discussion
Results from this survey of 744 undergraduates indicate that past 30-day waterpipe tobacco smoking was 20%. Given previous reports [2], [3], [8], [9], waterpipe tobacco smoking seems common on U.S. college campuses and the potential health risks of this behavior [5], [7] suggest that it may become a significant public health problem. Results also indicate that those who had used waterpipes in the past 30 day were much less likely than never-users to believe that waterpipe use is as harmful as
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by United States Public Health Service grants R01CA103827, R01DA011082, R01TW005962, and R03TW07233.
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