Abstract
Hookah smoking is growing in popularity among college-age students in the United States. Community-based, semistructured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 20 college-age individuals who had used a hookah to smoke tobacco. A structured analysis of responses was conducted and framed in terms of the health belief model's four main constructs. Although hookah smokers were aware of the potential severity of tobacco-related illnesses, they did not express a perceived susceptibility to those illnesses. To the extent that cues to action exist with respect to hookah smoking, they generally serve to promote a risky behavior that is perceived to be largely social in nature.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 17-26 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Social Work in Public Health |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- health belief model
- Hookah smoking
- tobacco consumption
- youth beliefs
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health Policy
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Health(social science)