Talha Mahmud.
Misconceptions of Young Males Regarding Shisha Smoking.
Proceeding Shaikh Zayed Postgrad Med Comp Jan ;23(2):109-12.

This study was intended to assess the misconceptions about contents and hazards of shisha (water pipe) smoking as well as practices of shisha smokers. Sixty young males between 16 to 26 years of age, smoking shisha regularly or occasionally were interviewed through a questionnaire based performa. The level of misconceptions regarding contents and harms of shisha smoking was high as majority (76%) perceived shisha very safe and insisted for its contents to be fruit flavors only while forty (66.6%) considered it absolutely harmless. Thirty two percent became active cigarettes smokers after starting shisha smoking and there was minimal parental inhibition towards shisha smoking. It is concluded that there is high level of misconceptions and poor information about the traumatic effects of shisha smoking among young urban males in Lahore.

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