Hubble Bubble Trouble: The Need for Education About and Regulation of Hookah Smoking
Hubble Bubble Trouble: The Need for Education About and Regulation of Hookah Smoking
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DOI：
10.1509/jppm.30.1.119
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发表时间：
2011-03-01
影响因子：
7.8
通讯作者：
Gilly, Mary C.
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作者：
Griffiths, Merlyn A.;Harmon, Tracy R.;Gilly, Mary C.
水烟是中东的一种传统，它是用木炭加热燃烧调味烟草，产生的烟雾通过水过滤，然后用软管从嘴里吸入。水烟室越来越多地分布在美国的大学校园周围，提供水烟用具的网站瞄准了美国高中生和大学生。在两项涉及采访大学年龄水烟吸烟者和分析网站营销实践的研究中，作者调查了消费者对水烟吸烟的信念和态度以及网上对其描述的方式。调查结果表明，这是一种社会现象，年轻人向同龄人介绍这种做法，网站促进分享消费经验。与医学证据相反，年轻人认为通过水烟抽甜烟草不会上瘾，而且比香烟更安全。水烟酒吧通常不受年龄限制的法律约束，因为许多酒吧兼作咖啡馆和其他餐饮场所。传统的烟草警告不在休息室或网站上。调查结果强调了水烟吸烟的潜在健康危害以及对这种做法进行教育的必要性，并表明需要进行监管监督。
A Middle Eastern tradition, hookah smoking involves burning flavored tobacco heated by charcoal, creating smoke that is filtered through water and ingested through the mouth using a hose. Hookah lounges are increasingly locating around college campuses in the United States, and websites offering hookah paraphernalia target U.S. high school and college students. In two studies involving interviews with college-age hookah smokers and analysis of website marketing practices, the authors investigate consumer beliefs and attitudes toward hookah smoking and the way it is portrayed online. The findings indicate that it is a social phenomenon, with young people introducing peers to the practice and websites promoting shared consumption experiences. Contrary to medical evidence, young people believe smoking sweetened tobacco through a hookah is nonaddictive and safer than cigarettes. Hookah lounges often are exempt from age restriction laws because many double as cafes and other eating establishments. Traditional tobacco warnings are not present in lounges or on websites. The findings highlight potential health dangers of hookah smoking and the need for education regarding this practice and demonstrate that regulatory oversight is needed.