Association between cumulative cigarette and Waterpipe smoking and symptoms of dependence in Lebanese adults

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Table 4 Linear regressions using the ENTER method conducted on the whole sample

Model 1 taking the HONC due to cigarette score as the dependent variable.
Variable	Total sample (N = 363)			Males (N = 164)			Females (N = 199)			Age < 25 years (N = 164)			Age ≥ 25 years (N = 198)
	B	β	95% CI SB	B	β	95% CI SB	B	β	95% CI SB	B	β	95% CI SB	B	β	95% CI SB
Cumulative cigarette smoking	0.005	0.471	0.004, 0.006	0.005	0.525	0.003, 0.006	0.005	0.419	0.003, 0.007	0.042	0.608	0.034, 0.050	0.005	0.551	0.003, 0.006
Cumulative waterpipe smoking	-0.006	−0.143	− 0.009, − 0.002	− 0.01	− 0.205	− 0.018, − 0.003	− 0.005	− 0.158	− 0.009, − 0.001	− 0.005	− 0.073	− 0.014, 0.004	− 0.005	− 0.159	− 0.009, − 0.001
Model 2 taking the HONC due to waterpipe score as the dependent variable.
Variable	B	β	95% CI SB	B	β	95% CI SB	B	β	95% CI SB	B	β	95% CI SB	B	β	95% CI SB
Cumulative cigarette smoking	−0.001	−0.087	−0.002, 0.001	−0.001	− 0.116	−0.002, 0.001	− 0.001	−0.098	− 0.003, 0.001	−0.014	− 0.233	−0.022, − 0.006	−0.001	− 0.182	−0.002, − 0.0001
Cumulative waterpipe smoking	0.012	0.375	0.009, 0.015	0.013	0.419	0.008, 0.018	0.011	0.367	0.007, 0.015	0.031	0.499	0.022, 0.039	0.009	0.369	0.006, 0.013

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