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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Health. 2014;62(1):10–18. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2013.842171

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and attitudes for hookah and cigarette users

Nonsmoker Hookah-Only User Cigarette-Only User Dual User Total

Characteristic/Attitude N = 3,219 (47.7%) N = 322 (4.8%) N = 2,109 (31.2%) N = 1,104 (16.3%) N = 6,754 (100.0%)
College Status***
Graduated 29.5 19.6 26.5 19.0 26.4
In college 54.7 64.9 44.3 54.7 51.9
No college/dropout 15.8 15.5 29.2 26.3 21.7

Age***
    18–20 7.1 12.8 5.9 13.7 8.1
    21–25 92.9 87.2 94.1 86.3 91.9
Race/Ethnicity***
    Caucasian 50.4 48.1 58.2 49.7 52.6
    African American 6.4 6.5 4.8 3.6 5.4
    Othera 16.04 17.4 17.8 21.1 17.5
    Hispanic 27.2 28.0 19.3 25.6 24.5
Sex***
    Male 45.0 52.7 49.9 61.9 49.6
    Female 55.0 47.3 50.1 38.1 50.4
Sexual Orientation***
    LGBT 8.7 13.1 14.4 17.4 12.1
    Straight 91.4 86.9 85.6 82.6 87.9
Cigarette Smoking***
    Daily 0.0 0.0 36.8 34.8 17.2
    Non-daily 0.0 0.0 63.2 65.2 30.4
    Not in past month 100.00 100.00 0.0 0.0 52.5
Anti-SHS*** 46.5 34.6 28.6 21.0 36.2
Anti-Tobacco Industry*** 47.8 36.3 19.2 19.5 33.8
Receptive to Tobacco Advertising*** 17.2 25.0 36.0 43.3 27.6

Binge Drinking*** 59.5 75.7 78.5 87.5 70.7
a

Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, and Other LGBT = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered; SHS = secondhand smoke

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