Associations between race, ethnicity, religion, and waterpipe tobacco smoking

Primack, BA and Mah, J and Shensa, A and Rosen, D and Yonas, MA and Fine, MJ (2014) Associations between race, ethnicity, religion, and waterpipe tobacco smoking. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 13 (1). 58 - 71. ISSN 1533-2640

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We surveyed a random sample of 852 students at a large university in 2010-2011 to clarify associations between waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS), ethnicity, and religion. Current (past 30day) WTS was reported by 116 (14%) students, and 331 (39%) reported ever WTS. Middle Eastern ethnicity was associated with current WTS (odds ratio [OR]=2.37; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.06, 5.34) and ever WTS (OR=2.59; 95% CI=1.22, 5.47). South Asian ethnicity was associated with lower odds for ever WTS (OR=0.42; 95% CI=0.21, 0.86), but there was no significant association between South Asian ethnicity and current WTS. Being an atheist and having lower religiosity were associated with both WTS outcomes. © 2014 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

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Creators	Email	Pitt Username	ORCID
Primack, BA	bprimack@pitt.edu	BPRIMACK
Mah, J
Shensa, A	ariel.shensa@pitt.edu	ARS146
Rosen, D	dannyrosen@pitt.edu	DAR15
Yonas, MA	yonas@pitt.edu	YONAS
Fine, MJ	mjf1@pitt.edu	MJF1	0000-0003-3470-9846