From: Prevalence of hookah smoking and associated factors among male high school students in Iraq
Variable & Category | Frequency smoked | n | % |
---|---|---|---|
Number of times smoked hookah tobacco in the past 30 days. | 1 | 110 | 28.1 |
2 | 65 | 16.6 | |
3 | 44 | 11.3 | |
4 | 16 | 4.1 | |
5 | 23 | 5.9 | |
6 | 6 | 1.5 | |
7---13 | 48 | 12.4 | |
14---20 | 32 | 8.3 | |
21---27 | 3 | 0.9 | |
28---49 | 32 | 8.2 | |
≥50 | 12 | 3.4 | |
Hookah smoked in the last 6 months | Yes | 335 | 85.7 |
No | 56 | 14.3 | |
Age first smoked hookah | < 10 years | 6 | 1.5 |
10 | 14 | 3.6 | |
11 | 7 | 1.8 | |
12 | 19 | 4.9 | |
13 | 30 | 7.7 | |
14 | 59 | 15.1 | |
15 | 103 | 26.3 | |
16 | 107 | 27.4 | |
≥17 years | 46 | 11.8 | |
Hookah smoking sessions/day among regular users | One | 52 | 13.3 |
Two | 134 | 34.3 | |
Three | 121 | 31.0 | |
Four | 81 | 20.7 | |
Five & more | 3 | 0.8 | |
Sharing mouth-piece of hookah-smoking device | Never | 120 | 30.7 |
Sometimes | 135 | 34.6 | |
Most of the times | 59 | 15.1 | |
Always | 77 | 19.7 | |
Student’s confidence that he can quit hookah smoking? | Completely confident | 239 | 61.2 |
Confident | 83 | 21.3 | |
Some Confident | 30 | 7.7 | |
Not that Confident | 22 | 5.6 | |
Not Confident at all | 17 | 4.3 | |
Duration of hookah smoking at each session (minutes) | < 15 min | 58 | 15.0 |
15–29 | 20 | 5.1 | |
30–44 | 95 | 24.3 | |
45–59 | 24 | 6.2 | |
60–119 | 139 | 35.6 | |
≥120 min | 55 | 14.2 |