Disagree: Not Addicted (N = 31)
Theme	Count	Exemplary quote(s)
Frequency of use	21	‘I would disagree […] I smoke water pipes only when I go to hooka [sic] bars’. ‘I would not because I can take it or leave it. If I am not out with friends, I never give it a thought’. ‘I would not agree since I don’t think about it much if I’m not with a particular group of people, and I can go 3-5 days without it’.
Quitting	6	‘I would disagree, because I have gone several months without doing it before[…]’. ‘No, I am confident I can quit anytime’.
Craving	3	‘No I would not because I do not crave water pipe’. ‘No, I’m not addicted because I don’t feel an urge’.
Other tobacco use	3	‘No, because I can quit. I am addicted to cigarettes’. ‘I would say no. I could easily quit. it’s more of a social thing for me and it could easily be exchanged for an ecig’. ‘I would say no. I realize there is a risk but I would say my usage is low enough to fall short of the threshold for addiction. Plus, I’m clearly addicted to regular cigarettes and I admit that openly, so it’s not like I am in denial about addiction in general’.