Predictors of hookah smoking frequency among women in the South of Iran

A cross-sectional study

Bibliographic Data

ID15414955
AuthorsSakineh Dadipoor (0000-0002-4205-6235, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences), M Mirzaei (0000-0002-1445-2986, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences), Teamur Aghamolaei (0000-0002-2504-8014, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, corresponding author), Ali Heyrani (0000-0001-6355-5191, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences), Mohtasham Ghaffari (0000-0003-1756-5297, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences), Amin Ghanbarnejad (0000-0002-6623-4163, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences)
Year2020
Volume21
Issue4
Pages1253-1271
Publication date2020-11-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1533-2640 • E-ISSN: 1533-2659
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15332640.2020.1836703
OpenAlexW3097804508
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited51

The prevalence of hookah smoking has grown over the past decades in Iran especially in the south of the country. This study aimed to determine the behavioral and socio-demographic predictors of the hookah smoking frequency among women in southern Iran. This research was conducted on 400 women hookah smokers selected through multi-stage sampling method. Data were collected from October 2018 to September 2019 using a questionnaire guided by literature. Ordinal logistic regression analysis was run to determine the influential behavioral and socio-demographic predictors involved in the frequency of hookah smoking. Variables with a P-value of less than 0.05 in the final fitting model were associated with the outcome variable (frequency of hookah smoking per day1 = once a day, 2 = twice a day, 3 = three times a day, 4 = more than three times a day). We found that the longer duration of hookah smoking, family usage of hookah smoking, beginning to smoke hookah with peers, absence of either parent in family (single-parent families and a lack of prior intention to cease smoking), ever-married women and low socio-economic status (SES) predicted the frequency of hookah smoking. To prevent the behavior and make effective interventions to reduce hookah smoking, policy-makers should stay focused on factors other than internal motivations. Focus on the companies surrounding women smokers, quitting the habit of hookah smoking and effective interventions to decrease one's intention to smoke hookah can help reduce such unhealthy behaviors

Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Geography · Habit · Logistic regression · Ordered logit · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Smoke · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · School Health and Nursing Education · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Social Psychology

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