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Determinants Of Waterpipe And Cigarette Smoking Progression Among A School Based Sample Of Adolescents In Irbid, Jordan: A Three-Year Longitudinal Study (2008-2011), Rana Mohammed Jaber
Determinants Of Waterpipe And Cigarette Smoking Progression Among A School Based Sample Of Adolescents In Irbid, Jordan: A Three-Year Longitudinal Study (2008-2011), Rana Mohammed Jaber
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The prevalence of waterpipe smoking exceeds that of cigarettes among adolescents in the Middle East where waterpipe is believed as less harmful, less addictive and can be a safer alternative to cigarettes. This dissertation tested the gateway hypothesis that waterpipe can provide a bridge to initiate cigarette smoking, identified the predictors of cigarette smoking progression, and identified predictors of waterpipe smoking progression among a school-based sample of Jordanian adolescents (mean age ± SD) (12.7 ±0.61) years at baseline.
Data for this research have been drawn from Irbid Longitudinal Study of smoking behavior, Jordan (2008-2011). The grouped-time survival analysis showed that …