A descriptive study of waterpipe smoking among college students
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Understanding psychosocial aspects of waterpipe smoking among college students.
OBJECTIVE To gain an understanding of the psychosocial and environmental influences on waterpipe smoking among college students. Participants were 49 university students who were regular waterpipe smokers. METHODS A series of in-depth, in-person, semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted. RESULTS It was a common belief that wa- ter in the waterpipe absorbed all the "impurities" ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1041-2972
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2012.00781.x