Social norms and attitudes linked to waterpipe use in the eastern mediterranean region

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-134

  Afifi, Rima ^a   Khalil, Joanna ^a   Fouad, Fouad ^b   Hammal, Fadi ^c   Jarallah, Yara ^d   Abu Farhat, Hala ^a   Ayad, Maha ^e   Nakkash, Rima ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Egyptian Smoking Prevention Research Institute   (Egypt)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Egypt; Lebanon; Palestine; Smoking; Social norms; Syria; Waterpipe

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; EPIDEMIC; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL SOCIETY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TOBACCO; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NORM; SOCIAL STATUS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; URBAN AREA; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WATERPIPE TOBACCO SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EGYPT; LEBANON; PALESTINE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADDICTION; EGYPT; LEBANON; PALESTINE; SMOKING; SOCIAL NORMS; SYRIA; WATERPIPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890219336     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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