title: Waterpipe smoking among students in one US university: predictors of an intention to quit.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the intention to quit waterpipe smoking among college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 276 University of Houston students identified through an online survey administered in February 2011. Participants indicated they had smoked a waterpipe in the month prior to the survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study. Questions included demographics, tobacco use, perceived risk of waterpipe smoking, and social acceptability. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine predictors of an intention to quit.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most of the sample participants (n = 227; 83%) reported that they had no intention to quit. Students believing that waterpipe smoking was harmful were more likely to have an intention to quit (odd ratio [OR] = 2.38, 95% confidence interval [CI; 1.05, 5.36]). Those who smoked for more than 60 minutes were less likely to have a desire to quit (OR = 0.29, 95% CI [0.12, 0.73]).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The low level of a desire to quit demonstrated underscores the urgent need to develop interventions that educate users about expected harms of continued use.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Community Health, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA. smabughosh@uh.edu
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abughosh
authors.forename: I-Hsuan
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Suja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajan
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: E James
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Essien
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011634:Public Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult