Cross-country comparison of waterpipe use: nationally representative data from 13 low and middle-income countries from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)

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• Alternative Title:
  Tob Control
• Personal Author:
  Morton, Jeremy ; Song, Yang ; Fouad, Heba ; Awa, Fatimah El ; Abou El Naga, Randa ; Zhao, Luhua ; Palipudi, Krishna ; Asma, Samira
• Description:
  Objective
  
  Evidence shows that smoking tobacco using a waterpipe is significantly associated with diseases. Despite this, waterpipe use seems to be increasing worldwide, though nationally representative data are not widely available. The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) provides an opportunity to measure various indicators of waterpipe use from nationally representative surveys.
  
  Methods
  
  Data were obtained for adults 15 years of age or older from 13 countries (Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay and Vietnam) who completed GATS from 2008–2010. The GATS questionnaire collected data on current waterpipe use, including daily/less than daily prevalence and number of sessions per day/week. An optional waterpipe module measured former use, age of initiation, and level of consumption during a session.
  
  Results
  
  GATS was successful in producing nationally representative data on waterpipe use from 13 countries, many of which for the first time. The prevalence of waterpipe use among men was highest in Vietnam (13.0%) and Egypt (6.2%); among women, waterpipe use was highest in Russia (3.2%) and Ukraine (1.1%). While over 90% of adults in Ukraine thought smoking tobacco causes serious illness, only 31.4% thought smoking tobacco using a waterpipe causes serious illness.
  
  Conclusions
  
  GATS data provide the ability to analyse waterpipe use within a country and across countries. Monitoring of waterpipe use at a national level will better enable countries to target tobacco control interventions such as education campaigns about the negative health effects of waterpipe use.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Data Collection Developing Countries Female Humans Income Male Middle Aged Prevalence Smoking Surveys And Questionnaires Tobacco Products Water Young Adult

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• Source:
  Tob Control. 2014; 23(5):419-427.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Global Adult Tobacco Survey
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2bcf00b58adcbdd9f68fb411f79bbf99c26a45f6d2c96826f011eb303b3cd4fc
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24866/cdc_24866_DS1.pdf
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