Table 3.
Reasons for discontinued use of hookah among former users of hookah
| Inconvenience | Anti-tobacco | Social | M (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I didn’t like the buzz | 0.85 | 0.55 | 0.42 | 2.57 (2.01) |
| I didn’t like the flavor | 0.91 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 2.29 (1.90) |
| It was messy | 0.86 | 0.42 | 0.53 | 2.26 (1.86) |
| It was too expensive | 0.78 | 0.44 | 0.54 | 2.55 (1.92) |
| I didn’t like the smell | 0.89 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 2.28 (1.86) |
| I just don’t think about it | 0.39 | 0.62 | 0.31 | 3.84 (2.15) |
| I quit tobacco/nicotine all together | 0.42 | 0.83 | 0.51 | 3.11 (2.30) |
| I don’t like idea of using any kind of nicotine/tobacco | 0.49 | 0.89 | 0.56 | 3.46 (2.30) |
| I think it's unhealthy | 0.50 | 0.86 | 0.56 | 3.64 (2.20) |
| My friends don't use tobacco | 0.45 | 0.65 | 0.76 | 2.66 (2.03) |
| Someone important to me asked me not to use it | 0.41 | 0.33 | 0.77 | 2.04 (1.81) |
| It hasn't come up in social situations | 0.30 | 0.52 | 0.69 | 3.06 (2.13) |
| I think it is weird or socially unacceptable | 0.64 | 0.47 | 0.84 | 2.04 (1.71) |
| I didn’t like the image it projected about me | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.78 | 2.61 (2.07) |
| Cronbach’s alpha | 0.91 | 0.83 | 0.83 |
Note: On a scale of 1-not at all true for me to 6-extremely true for me.
Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis. Rotation Method: Promax with Kaiser Normalization.