Harm perceptions of waterpipe tobacco smoking among university students in five Eastern Mediterranean Region countries: A cross-sectional study

Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen; Alkhuffash, Ola; Kheirallah, Khalid; Mostafa, Aya; Darawad, Muhammad; Al-Farsi, Yahya; Yusufali, Afzalhussein; Thomas, Justin; Salama, Mohamed; Hamadeh, Randah; Nakkash, Rima; Salloum, Ramzi

doi:10.18332/tid/89966

Harm perceptions of waterpipe tobacco smoking among university students in five Eastern Mediterranean Region countries: A cross-sectional study

Abu-Rmeileh N. M. E., Alkhuffash O., Kheirallah K., Mostafa A., Darawad M., Al-Farsi Y., ...Daha Fazla

TOBACCO INDUCED DISEASES, cilt.16, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 16
Basım Tarihi: 2018
Doi Numarası: 10.18332/tid/89966
Dergi Adı: TOBACCO INDUCED DISEASES
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

INTRODUCTION Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) continues to be very common in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), partially because of cultural acceptance but also because of misconceptions of its harm. This paper aimed to describe the beliefs towards waterpipe harm of university students who smoked waterpipe in five EMR countries.