Al-Rawi Natheer H, Alnuaimi Ahmed S, Uthman Asmaa T
College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.
College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
Int J Dent. 2018 Jan 31;2018:2805103. doi: 10.1155/2018/2805103. eCollection 2018.
The objective of the present study was to assess shisha smoking among dental school students in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). In addition, the role of suggested barriers and enabling factors in shisha smoking was also evaluated.
A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted at the College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, between February and May 2016. The questions were adapted from previously published water pipe smoking studies. The collected data were analyzed to identify the relationship between shisha smoking and sociodemographic characteristics. Relevant questions were further categorized as enabling factors and barriers for shisha smoking.
Three enabling questionnaire items related to social environment were significantly associated with an increased risk of being a current smoker. The most powerful is peer pressure ("friends smoke shisha"), which increased the odds ratio of shisha smoking 11.3 times, followed by smoker sibling with increase in odd ratio by 4.52 times, then the belief of social acceptance with increase in odd ratio by 4.31 times.
Shisha smoking is a serious problem among university students. Any intervention program in the university curricula should consider teaching students that shisha is no less risky than cigarettes and is addictive.
本研究的目的是评估阿拉伯联合酋长国（阿联酋）沙迦牙科学院学生的水烟吸食情况。此外，还评估了所提出的阻碍因素和促成因素在水烟吸食中的作用。
2016年2月至5月期间，在沙迦大学牙医学院进行了一项基于问卷的横断面调查。这些问题改编自先前发表的水烟吸食研究。对收集到的数据进行分析，以确定水烟吸食与社会人口学特征之间的关系。相关问题进一步分类为水烟吸食的促成因素和阻碍因素。
与社会环境相关的三个促成问卷项目与当前吸烟者风险增加显著相关。最有力的是同伴压力（“朋友吸水烟”），其使水烟吸食的优势比增加了11.3倍，其次是有吸烟的兄弟姐妹，优势比增加了4.52倍，然后是社会接受度的信念，优势比增加了4.31倍。
水烟吸食在大学生中是一个严重问题。大学课程中的任何干预计划都应考虑教导学生水烟的风险不亚于香烟且会上瘾。
