Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitude, and Predictors of Waterpipe Smoking among School Adolescents in Saudi Arabia

Table 2

Waterpipe smoking patterns of participants.

	Number	Percentage
Age at first use of waterpipe
13 to 15	80	57.1
16 to 18	40	28.6
More than	20	14.3
Age at first use of cigarettes
Less than 13	1	0.9
13 to 15	66	56.9
16 to 18	32	27.6
More than	17	14.7
Frequency of waterpipe smoking
Daily	35	26.7
Weekly	45	34.4
Monthly	51	38.9
Place of waterpipe smoking
Home	27	20.1
Coffee shop	51	38.1
With friends (break)	56	41.8
Primary motives for smoking
Pleasure and happiness	63	48.8
Experiencing with friends	45	34.9
Experiencing with family	6	4.70
Emotional and family problems	15	11.6

; chi-squared test.