Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking and Susceptibility to Cigarette Smoking Among Young Adults in the United States, 2012–2013

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Salloum, Ramzi G. ; Haider, M. Rifat ; Barnett, Tracey E. ; Guo, Yi ; Getz, Kayla R. ; Thrasher, James F. ; Maziak, Wasim
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Waterpipe tobacco smoking, also known as hookah and shisha, has surged in popularity among young people in the United States. Waterpipe is also increasingly becoming the first tobacco product that young people try. Given the limited access to and limited portability of waterpipes, waterpipe smokers who become more nicotine dependent over time may be more likely to turn to cigarettes. This study examined the relationship between waterpipe tobacco smoking and susceptibility to cigarette smoking among young adults in the United States.
  
  Methods
  
  Using data from the 2012–2013 National Adult Tobacco Survey, a nationally representative sample of US adults, we reported rates of current waterpipe smoking and susceptibility to cigarette smoking by demographic characteristics and by use of other tobacco products among survey participants aged 18 to 24 years. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the relationship between current waterpipe smoking and susceptibility to cigarette smoking, defined as the lack of a firm intention not to smoke soon or within the next year.
  
  Results
  
  Of 2,528 young adults who had never established cigarette smoking, 15.7% (n = 398) reported being waterpipe smokers (every day or some days [n = 97; 3.8%] or rarely [n = 301; 11.9%]); 44.2% (176/398) of waterpipe smokers reported being susceptible to cigarette smoking. Those who smoked waterpipe rarely were 2.3 times as susceptible to cigarette smoking as those who were not current waterpipe smokers (OR = 2.3; 95% CI, 1.6–3.4).
  
  Conclusion
  
  Current waterpipe smoking is associated with susceptibility to cigarette smoking among young adults in the United States. Longitudinal studies are needed to demonstrate causality between waterpipe smoking and initiation of cigarette smoking.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Female Humans Logistic Models Male Multivariate Analysis Original Research Risk Factors Smoking Surveys And Questionnaires Telephone Tobacco Products Young Adult

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 13.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd13.150505
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  26890407
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4758799
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 DA035160/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  13
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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