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

Table 4

Attitudes towards waterpipe smoking among secondary school students.

Questions of attitudes	Waterpipe smoker (WPS)/nonsmokers (WPNS) agreement (N)
	WPS	WPNS	WPS	WPNS	WPS	WPNS	WPS	WPNS	WPS	WPNS	Attitude index
	Strongly agree		Agree		Do not know		Disagree		Strongly disagree		WP smoker	WP nonsmoker	Test statistic ( value)
1. Shisha smoking is acceptable by society compared to cigarettes.	29	46	21	51	29	260	12	67	17	84	2.079 ± 0.63	2.803 ± 0.7131	12899 (0.001)
2. Shisha smoking represents a good opportunity to meet friends and family.	22	18	16	32	22	186	26	94	22	178
3. My parents would not object to my smoking of shisha compared to cigarettes	18	18	13	25	27	223	23	78	26	162
4. My parents would allow me to smoke shisha at home but not cigarettes	11	8	9	12	27	176	25	86	35	228
5. Shisha smoking is a sign of maturity	15	18	16	17	29	200	19	77	28	196
6. Smoking shisha relieves stress and tension	29	23	17	22	24	227	12	79	24	154
7. If I have to smoke, I would use shisha because it is less harmful and less addictive	26	34	13	35	26	252	17	69	22	114
8. Shisha smokers have more friends than nonsmokers	32	28	20	43	21	266	11	63	22	107
9. Women smoking shisha are not as old as those smoking cigarettes	25	27	11	23	38	298	12	57	20	99
10. Movie stars smoking shisha are more acceptable than those smoking cigarettes	21	25	11	27	39	278	16	67	19	106

Mann–Whitney U; WPS: waterpipe smokers; WPNS: waterpipe nonsmoker.