title: Associations between race, ethnicity, religion, and waterpipe tobacco smoking.
abstract: 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 30 day) 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.
authors.affiliation: a Division of General Internal Medicine and the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the Program for Research on Media and Health, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Primack
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mah
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shensa
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Yonas
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fine
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012067:Religion; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students; D062789:Tobacco Products; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult