Table 3 Hookah user belief on the harmfulness of hookah smoking by characteristics.
From: Perceptions of hookah smoking harmfulness: predictors and characteristics among current hookah users
Variable | Category | Less | Similar | More | P-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | n | % | n | % | n | % | Â |
Smoke cigarettes | Yes No | 33 99 | 53.2 60.0 | 7 19 | 11.3 11.5 | 22 47 | 35.5 28.5 | 0.58 |
Hookah use | Every day Every week Every month Every 6 months | 21 47 31 31 | 70.0 59.5 56.4 50.8 | 1 10 5 9 | 3.3 12.7 9.1 14.8 | 8 22 19 21 | 26.7 27.8 34.5 34.4 | 0.55 |
Ethnicity | White African American Asian Latino ME Other | 47 11 9 28 33 5 | 64.4 68.8 37.5 57.1 64.7 38.5 | 4 1 3 8 9 0 | 5.5 6.3 12.5 16.3 17.6 0.0 | 22 4 12 13 9 8 | 30.1 25.0 50.0 26.5 17.6 61.5 | 0.03 |
Age | 17 - 25 26 - 35 | 82 15 | 57.7 57.7 | 16 2 | 11.3 7.7 | 44 9 | 31.0 34.6 | 0.84 |