Tobacco smoking status and perception of health among a sample of Jordanian students

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 7022-7035

  Alzyoud, Sukaina ^a   Kheirallah, Khalid A ^b   Weglicki, Linda S ^c   Ward, Kenneth D ^d   Al Khawaldeh, Abdallah ^a   Shotar, Ali ^e  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^e JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Health; Jordan; Perception; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; PERCEPTION; SMOKING; STUDENT; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PERCEPTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JORDAN; JORDANIAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO;

JORDAN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84904353639     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110707022     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Boutayeb, A.; Boutayeb, S. The burden of non communicable diseases in developing countries. Int. J. Equity Health 2005, 4, 2. doi:10.1186/1475-9276-4-2.
2. Warren, C.W.; Jones, N.R.; Eriksen, M.P.; Asma, S. Global Tobacco Surveillance System (GTSS) collaborative group. Patterns of global tobacco use in young people and implications for future chronic disease burden in adults. Lancet 2006, 367, 749-753.
3. Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2008 Geneva. Available online: http://www.who.int/tobacco/mpower/2008/en/ (accessed on 5 May 2013).
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2010-Eastern Mediterranean (EMR). Available online: http://nccd.cdc.gov/GTSSData/Ancillary/DataReports.aspx?CAID=1 (accessed on 10 February 2014).
5. Shafey, O. Health issues in the Arab American community. Global epidemiology and health hazards of tobacco use: Arab world patterns. Ethn. Dis. 2007, 17 (2 Suppl. 3), S3-13-S3-15.
6. Maziak, W.; Ward, K.D.; Soweid, R.A.; Eissenberg, T. Tobacco smoking using a waterpipe: A reemerging strain in a global epidemic. Tob. Control. 2004, 13, 327-333.
7. Rastam, S.; Ward, K.; Eissenberg, T.; Maziak, W. Estimating the beginning of the waterpipe epidemic in Syria. BMC Public Health 2004, 4, doi:10.1186/1471-2458-4-32.
8. El-Hakim, I.E.; Uthman, M.A. Squamous cell carcinoma and keratocanthoma of the lower lip associated with "goza" and "shisha" smoking. Int. J. Dermatol. 1999, 38, 108-110.
9. Akl, E.A.; Jawad, M.; Lam, W.Y.; Co, C.N.; Obeid, R.; Irani, J. Motives, beliefs and attitudes towards waterpipe tobacco smoking: A systematic review. Harm Reduct. J. 2013, 10, doi:10.1186/1477-7517-10-12.
10. Akl, E.A.; Gunukula, S.K.; Aleem, S.; Obeid, R.; Jaoude, P.A.; Honeine, R.; Irani, J. The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking among the general and specific populations: A systematic review. BMC Public Health 2011, 11, doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-244.
11. Al-Lawati, J.A.; Muula, A.S.; Hilmi, S.A.; Rudatsikira, E. Prevalence and determinants of waterpipe tobacco use among adolescents in Oman. Sultan Qaboos Univ. Med. J. 2008, 8, 37-43.
12. Maziak, W.; Asfar, T.; Mock, J. Why most women in Syria don't smoke; can the passive barrier of traditions be replaced with information-based one? Public Health 2003, 117, 237-241.
13. Mzayek, F.; Khader, Y.; Eissenberg, T.; Al Ali, R.; Ward, K.D.; Maziak, W. Patterns of water-pipe and cigarette smoking initiation in schoolchildren: Irbid longitudinal smoking study. Nicotine Tob. Res. 2012, 14, 448-454.
14. Aryal, U.R.; Petzold, M.; Krettek, A. Perceived risks and benefits of cigarette smoking among Nepalese adolescents: A population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2013, 13, doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-187.
15. Mantler, T. A systematic review of smoking Youths' perceptions of addiction and health risks associated with smoking: Utilizing the framework of the health belief model. Addict. Res. Theory 2013, 21, 306-317.
16. Halpern-Felsher, B.L.; Biehl, M.; Kropp, R.Y.; Rubinstein, M.L. Perceived risks and benefits of smoking: Differences among adolescents with different smoking experiences and intentions. Prev. Med. 2004, 39, 559-567.
17. Morrell, H.E.; Song, A.V.; Halpern-Felsher, B.L. Predicting adolescent perceptions of the risks and benefits of cigarette smoking: A longitudinal investigation. Health Psychol. 2010, 29, 610-617.
18. Song, A.V.; Morrell, H.E.R.; Cornell, J.L.; Ramos, M.E.; Biehl, M.; Kropp, R.Y.; Halpern-Felsher, B.L. Perceptions of smoking-related risks and benefits as predictors of adolescent smoking initiation. Am. J. Public Health 2009, 99, 487-492.
19. Schneider, S.; Loeber, S.; Janssen, M.; Roehrig, S.; Solle, D. What prevents young adolescents from smoking? Self-reported motives of 12-15-year-old non-smokers. Health Policy 2010, 95, 36-40.
20. Martinasek, M.P.; McDermott, R.J.; Martini, L. Waterpipe (hookah) tobacco smoking among youth. Curr. Probl. Pediatr. Adolesc. Health Care 2011, 41, 34-57.
21. Alzyoud, S.A.; Weglicki, L.; Kheirallah, K.; Haddad, L.; Alhawamdeh, K. Waterpipe smoking among middle and high school Jordanian students: Patterns and predictors. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2013, 10, 7068-7082.
22. Jordan Department of Statistics, DOS. Amman, Jordan. 2012. Available online: http://www.dos.gov.jo/dos_home_e/main/ (accessed on 14 April 2013).
23. Weglicki, L. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA. Unpublished Work, 2008.
24. Dar-Odeh, N.S.; Abu-Hammad, O.A. The changing trends in tobacco smoking for young Arab women; narghile, an old habit with a liberal attitude. Harm Reduct. J. 2011, 8, doi:10.1186/1477- 7517-8-24.
25. Maziak, W. The waterpipe: Time for action. Addiction 2008, 103, 1763-1767.
26. Al Moamary, M.S.; Al Ghobain, M.A.; Al Shehri, S.N.; Alfayez, A.I. The prevalence and characteristics of water-pipe smoking among high school students in Saudi Arabia. J. Infect. Public Health 2012, 5, 159-168.
27. Christophi, C.A.; Kolokotroni, O.; Alpert, H.R.; Warren, C.W.; Jones, N.R.; Demokritou, P.; Connolly, G.N. Prevalence and social environment of cigarette smoking in Cyprus adolescent. BMC Public Health 2008, 2, doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-190.
28. McKelvey, K.L.; Wilcox, M.L.; Madhivanan, P.; Mzayek, F.; Khader, Y.S.; Maziak, W. Time trends of cigarette and waterpipe smoking among a cohort of school children in Irbid, Jordan, 2008-11. Eur. J. Public Health 2013, 23, 862-867.
29. El-Roueiheb, Z.; Tamim, H.; Kan, J.M.; Jabbour, S.; Alayan, I.; Musharrafieh, U. Cigarette and waterpipe smoking among Lebanese adolescents, a crosssectional study, 2003-2004. Nicotine Tob. Res. 2008, 10, 309-314.
30. O'Loughlin, J.; DiFranza, J.; Tarasuk, J.; Meshefedjian, G.; McMillan-Davey, E.; Paradis, G.; Tyndale, R.F.; Clarke, P.; Hanley, J. Assessment of nicotine dependence symptoms in adolescents: A comparison of five indicators. Tob. Control 2002, 11, 354-360.
31. DiFranza, J.R.; Savageau, J.A.; Rigotti, N.A.; Fletcher, K.; Ockene, J.K.; McNeill, A.D.; Coleman, M.; Wood, C. Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study. Tob. Control 2002, 11, 228-235.
32. Asfar, T.; Ward, K.; Eissenberg, T.; Maziak, W. Comparison of patterns of use, beliefs, and attitutudes related to waterpipe between beginning and established smokers. BMC Public Health 2005, 10, doi:10.1186/1471-2458-5-19.
33. Pbert, L.; Druker, S.; DiFranza, J.R.; Gorak, D.; Reed, G.; Magner, R.; Sheetz, A.H.; Osganian, S. Effectiveness of a school nurse-delivered smoking-cessation intervention for adolescents. Pediatrics 2011, 128, 926-936.
34. Mohammed, H.R.; Zhang, Y.; Newman, I.M.; Shell, D.F. Waterpipe smoking in Kuwait. East. Mediterr. Health J. 2010, 16, 1115-1120.
35. Cosci, F.; Zagà, V.; Bertoli, G.; Campiotti, A. Significant others, knowledge, and belief on smoking as factors associated with tobacco use in Italian adolescents. ISRN Addict. 2013, 2013, doi:10.1155/2013/968505.
36. Harris, J.K.; Karamehic-Muratovic, A.; Herbers, S.H.; Moreland-Russell, S.; Cheskin, R.; Lindberg, K.A. Perceptions of personal risk about smoking and health among Bosnian refugees living in the United States. J. Immigr. Minor Health 2012, 14, 413-419.
37. Ward, K.D.; Kedia, S.; Webb, L.; Relyea, G.E. Nicotine dependence among clients receiving publicly funded substance abuse treatment. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012, 125, 95-102.
38. Wills, T.A.; Cleary, S.D. The validity of self-reports of smoking: Analyses by race/ethnicity in a school sample of urban adolescents. Am. J. Public Health 1997, 87, 56-61.