Wong Li Ping, Alias Haridah, Aghamohammadi Nasrin, Aghazadeh Sima, Hoe Victor Chee Wai
Julius Centre University of Malaya (JCUM), Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Jul 19;13(7):726. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13070726.
Despite its popularity, shisha smoking practices, reasons for its use, attitudes, detrimental health effects and intention to quit among shisha users in Malaysia have never been investigated. A total of 503 shisha users responded to a cross-sectional study conducted between July 2015 and March 2016. The majority of users were young people aged 21-30; a small minority were underage. The reasons for shisha use were its growing popularity as a favourite pastime activity and the perception of shisha use as cool and trendy. Just over half (57.3%) agree that shisha use exposes the smoker to large amounts of smoke and the majority were unsure about the health risks of shisha smoking compared to tobacco smoking. The three most common detrimental health effects reported by the study respondents were dry throat, headache and nausea. Regular shisha users have significantly higher detrimental health effects compared to no-regular shisha users. Shisha users with a duration of smoking of 6-12 months (odds ratio (OR) 3.212; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.651-6.248) and 6 months and below (OR 2.601; 95% CI 1.475-4.584) were significantly more likely to have a higher proportion who intend quitting smoking than shisha users of more than 12 months duration.
尽管水烟吸食很流行，但马来西亚水烟吸食者的吸食习惯、吸食原因、态度、对健康的有害影响以及戒烟意愿从未被调查过。共有503名水烟吸食者对2015年7月至2016年3月期间进行的一项横断面研究做出了回应。大多数吸食者是21至30岁的年轻人；少数是未成年人。吸食水烟的原因是它作为一种受欢迎的消遣活动越来越流行，以及认为吸食水烟很酷很时尚。略超过一半（57.3%）的人认为吸食水烟会让吸烟者接触大量烟雾，而且与吸食烟草相比，大多数人不确定吸食水烟的健康风险。研究受访者报告的三种最常见的有害健康影响是喉咙干燥、头痛和恶心。与不经常吸食水烟的人相比，经常吸食水烟的人对健康的有害影响明显更高。吸食水烟6至12个月（优势比（OR）3.212；95%置信区间（CI）1.651 - 6.248）和6个月及以下（OR 2.601；95% CI 1.475 - 4.584）的人比吸食水烟超过12个月的人更有可能有更高比例的人打算戒烟。
