“Waterpipe Is Like a Wife”: Qualitative Assessment of Perspectives on Waterpipe Smoking Dependence

Background: Waterpipe (WP) smoking has become a global public health problem in recent decades and growing evidence indicates that it can cause nicotine dependence. Most evidence on WP dependence to date has been derived from survey- or laboratory based studies. This study employed qualitative metho...

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Published in:	Addiction and Health
Main Authors:	Satish Kedia, Nikhil Ahuja, Fadi Hammal, Taghrid Asfar, Thomas Eissenberg, Wasim Maziak, Kenneth D. Ward
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2023-10-01
Subjects:	waterpipe smoking hookah nicotine dependence focus groups syria
Online Access:	https://ahj.kmu.ac.ir/article_92114_791e5e142b4df1af7576064aa762153b.pdf