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 | ||||