Table 2 Waterpipe smoking practices and beliefs among University of Alberta medical respondents
Waterpipe | Trend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smokers | Non-smokers | χ2 | p-value | χ2 | p-value | |||
Smoking location | n/N | % | n/N | % | ||||
Shisha/Hookah Café | 64/119 | 53.8 | NA | |||||
Home | 16/119 | 13.4 | NA | |||||
Some other location | 39/119 | 32.8 | NA | |||||
Smoking material | ||||||||
Tobacco | 71/119 | 59.7 | NA | |||||
Herbal products | 51/119 | 42.9 | NA | |||||
Cannabis | 18/119 | 15.1 | NA | |||||
Don’t know | 23/119 | 19.3 | NA | |||||
Smoking tobacco in a waterpipe is less dangerous than smoking a cigarette | 3.97 | 0.55 | 1.75 | 0.18 | ||||
Strongly disagree | 27/119 | 22.7 | 48/181 | 26.5 | ||||
Disagree | 37/119 | 31.1 | 56/181 | 30.9 | ||||
Disagree somewhat | 19/119 | 16.0 | 32/181 | 17.7 | ||||
Agree somewhat | 23/119 | 19.3 | 35/181 | 19.3 | ||||
Agree | 10/119 | 8.4 | 9/181 | 5.0 | ||||
Completely agree | 3/119 | 2.5 | 1/181 | 0.6 | ||||
Smoking tobacco in a waterpipe is not addictive. | 21.48 | < 0.001 | 12.4 | <0.001 | ||||
Strongly disagree | 45/119 | 37.8 | 77/180 | 42.8 | ||||
Disagree | 34/119 | 28.6 | 69/180 | 38.3 | ||||
Disagree somewhat | 17/119 | 14.3 | 26/180 | 14.4 | ||||
Agree somewhat | 10/119 | 8.4 | 7/180 | 3.9 | ||||
Agree | 11/119 | 9.2 | 1/180 | 0.6 | ||||
Completely agree | 2/119 | 1.7 | 0/180 | 0.0 | ||||
Smoking herbal products in a waterpipe has no significant consequences to your health. | 2.69 | 0.75 | 0.44 | 0.5 | ||||
Strongly disagree | 40/120 | 33.3 | 60/180 | 33.3 | ||||
Disagree | 44/120 | 36.7 | 76180 | 42.2 | ||||
Disagree somewhat | 26/120 | 21.7 | 32/180 | 17.8 | ||||
Agree somewhat | 6/120 | 5.0 | 8/180 | 4.4 | ||||
Agree | 4/120 | 3.3 | 3/180 | 1.7 | ||||
Completely agree | 0/120 | 0.0 | 1/180 | 0.6 | ||||