Table 2.
Smoking habits of the university students in Kuwait
| Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Smoking status | |
| Current | 243 (46.3) |
| Previous | 32 (6.1) |
| Smoking location | |
| Indoors | 161 (66.8) |
| Outdoors | 209 (86.7) |
| Age at which they started smoking | |
| 7 – 12 years | 13 (5.4) |
| 13 – 19 years | 152 (63.1) |
| 20 – 23 years | 76 (31.5) |
| Types of smoking | |
| Nonsmoker | 282 (53.7) |
| Cigarettes only | 69 (13.1) |
| Shisha only | 52 (9.9) |
| Both cigarettes and shisha | 122 (23.2) |
| Amount of cigarette smoking | |
| Light (<1 pack per day) | 73 (38.6) |
| Moderate (1 – 2 packs per day) | 102 (54.0) |
| Heavy (>3 packs per day) | 14 (7.4) |
| Frequency of shisha smoking per week | |
| <1 time | 82 (47.1) |
| 1 – 2 times | 43 (24.7) |
| 3 – 5 times | 27 (15.5) |
| Daily | 22 (12.6) |
| Amount of shisha smoking | |
| Light (1 head per sitting) | 136 (78.2) |
| Moderate (2 heads per sitting) | 31 (17.8) |
| Heavy (≥3 heads per sitting) | 7 (4.0) |
| Flavor of shisha preferred | |
| Grape | 79 (45.9) |
| Apple | 49 (28.7) |
| Watermelon | 18 (10.5) |
| Salloum (tobacco) | 17 (9.9) |
| Mixed-flavor with mint | 27 (15.7) |
| People around who smoke | |
| Family | 55 (11.2) |
| Friends | 281 (57.3) |
| Both | 154 (31.4) |