Department of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
East Mediterr Health J. 2018 Apr 5;24(1):7-17.
BACKGROUND: The use of multiple tobacco products is an emerging trend. Studies on multiple use among waterpipe smokers are limited. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to estimate the proportion of other tobacco products used by current adult waterpipe smokers in Egypt and identify the determinants of multiple tobacco product use. METHODS: Population-based surveys were conducted using interview questionnaires during 2015-2017 in urban Cairo and rural Menoufia. Participants aged 18 years and older were selected using purposive quota non-random sampling. The total sample included 2 014 participants. We analysed the data on 1 490 current waterpipe smokers. Variables recorded included: tobacco use, health beliefs, waterpipe smoking behaviour, sociodemographic characteristics, and perceived effectiveness of pictorial health warnings on waterpipe tobacco packs. Current waterpipe smokers were classified as waterpipe-only users and multiple tobacco product users. RESULTS: Almost half (47.9%) of the current waterpipe smokers used multiple tobacco products; 93.4% were dual users and 6.6% poly-users. The other tobacco products used were cigarettes (86.4%), electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) (7.0%) or both (6.6%). Multiple users were more likely to be younger than waterpipe-only users. Young adult female waterpipe smokers used ENDS 12 times more than young adult males (48.8% versus 4.1% respectively). Non-daily waterpipe smoking, usually smoking at cafes, higher education and knowledge of pictorial health warnings were independent predictors of multiple tobacco product use. CONCLUSION: Multiple tobacco product use was common among current waterpipe smokers in our study. Interventions to tackle non-cigarette and multiple tobacco use, especially in young adults, are urgently needed.
背景:使用多种烟草制品是一种新兴趋势。关于水烟吸烟者多产品使用的研究有限。
目的:我们旨在估计埃及当前成年水烟吸烟者使用其他烟草制品的比例,并确定多产品使用的决定因素。
方法:2015 年至 2017 年期间,在开罗市区和门农菲亚农村地区进行了基于人群的调查,使用访谈问卷进行。采用有目的配额非随机抽样选择年龄在 18 岁及以上的参与者。总样本包括 2014 名参与者。我们分析了 1490 名当前水烟吸烟者的数据。记录的变量包括:烟草使用、健康信念、水烟吸烟行为、社会人口特征以及对水烟烟草包装上图片健康警告的有效性的看法。当前水烟吸烟者分为仅用水烟吸烟者和多种烟草产品使用者。
结果:近一半(47.9%)的当前水烟吸烟者使用多种烟草制品;93.4%为双重使用者,6.6%为多产品使用者。使用的其他烟草制品为香烟(86.4%)、电子烟(7.0%)或两者兼有(6.6%)。多产品使用者比仅用水烟吸烟者更年轻。年轻成年女性水烟吸烟者使用电子烟的比例是年轻成年男性的 12 倍(分别为 48.8%和 4.1%)。非日常水烟吸烟、通常在咖啡馆吸烟、较高的教育程度和对图片健康警告的了解是多产品使用的独立预测因素。
结论:在我们的研究中,当前水烟吸烟者中多产品使用很常见。迫切需要针对非香烟和多种烟草使用的干预措施,特别是针对年轻人。
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