Almogbel Faisal, Almuqbil Salman, Rabbani Unaib, Almogbel Yasser
Department of Infection Control, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia.
Dental Department, Jazan Armed Forces Hospital, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Tob Induc Dis. 2020 Sep 4;18:73. doi: 10.18332/tid/125725. eCollection 2020.
Novel tobacco products are becoming more popular in the Middle East and especially in Saudi Arabia. We studied the prevalence of midwakh pipe (tobacco smoking pipe) use among students at Qassim University and evaluated factors associated with midwakh pipe usage.
A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire to collect the data. The participants were male students from Qassim University, Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia. Data were collected over the period from May to June 2018. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to identify sociodemographic factors and smoking history related to midwakh smoking.
A total of 316 responses were collected; 7.9% (n=25) were midwakh smokers at some point, and 3.8% (n=12) were current midwakh smokers. Multivariable logistic regression indicated that the significant predictors of midwakh smoking among male university students were having a friend who is a tobacco or midwakh smoker, and consuming other forms of tobacco other than midwakh.
Having midwakh smoking friends, having friends smoking any other form of tobacco, and being a smoker could predict the use of midwakh among university male students in Saudi Arabia. Interventions are required to control this behavior to prevent smoking-related health consequences.
新型烟草产品在中东地区，尤其是沙特阿拉伯越来越受欢迎。我们研究了卡西姆大学学生中使用米德瓦克水烟管（吸烟管）的流行情况，并评估了与米德瓦克水烟管使用相关的因素。
采用自填式问卷进行横断面研究以收集数据。参与者为来自沙特阿拉伯卡西姆省卡西姆大学的男学生。数据收集时间为2018年5月至6月。使用多变量逻辑回归模型来确定与米德瓦克吸烟相关的社会人口统计学因素和吸烟史。
共收集到316份回复；7.9%（n = 25）在某些时候是米德瓦克吸烟者，3.8%（n = 12）是当前的米德瓦克吸烟者。多变量逻辑回归表明，男大学生中米德瓦克吸烟的显著预测因素是有一个吸烟或吸米德瓦克水烟的朋友，以及吸食除米德瓦克之外的其他形式烟草。
有吸米德瓦克水烟的朋友、有吸食其他任何形式烟草的朋友以及自己吸烟，可能预示沙特阿拉伯大学男学生中米德瓦克水烟的使用情况。需要采取干预措施来控制这种行为，以预防与吸烟相关的健康后果。
