Journal article
Young adult waterpipe smokers: Smoking behaviors and associated subjective and physiological effects
Addictive behaviors, Vol.39(6), pp.1113-1119
06/2014
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/115324
PMCID: PMC4096831
PMID: 24657000
Abstract
The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate smoking behaviors and subjective and physiological effects of nicotine on young adult occasional waterpipe smokers.
This study utilized a repeated-measures design that included one repeated factor for condition (nicotine and non-nicotine). For each participant, the sequencing of the repeated factor was assigned using random allocation. The two nicotine conditions were nicotine (0.75 g) and non-nicotine (0 g placebo) tobacco. Over the course of two weeks, twenty-two participants completed subjective (Acute Subjective Effects of Nicotine) and physiological (blood pressure, heart rate, and CO level) measures. Additional measures (QSU and MNWS-R) were used to assess for withdrawal symptoms.
The participants (n=22) were young adults (23 ± 3.1years); 71% smoked waterpipe once a month in the past year and 29% smoked waterpipe 1-2 times per week. In addition, 60% reported sharing their waterpipe with friends while smoking. None of the participants reported using any other forms of tobacco products.
Under the nicotine condition, participants tended to smoke longer (i.e. smoking duration, p=0.004), take more puffs (p=0.03), take shorter puffs (p=0.03), and inhale less volume with each puff (p=0.02). The repeated measures analysis of the factor headrush revealed an effect of the nicotine condition (F=9.69, p<0.001, partial η(2)=0.31) and time (F=8.17, p=0.02, partial η(2)=0.30). Heart rate increased significantly across the nicotine condition (F=7.92, p=0.01, partial η(2)=0.31) and over time (F=12.64, p=0.01, partial η(2)=0.41).
This study demonstrates how differences between nicotine and non-nicotine waterpipe smoking are associated with changes in smoking behaviors, experiencing a headrush and an increase in heart rate.
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- Title
- Young adult waterpipe smokers: Smoking behaviors and associated subjective and physiological effects
- Creators
- Kawkab Shishani - Program of Excellence in the Addictions, College of Nursing, Washington State University, WA, USA. Electronic address: Kawkab.shishani@gmail.comDonelle Howell - Program of Excellence in the Addictions, College of Nursing, Washington State University, WA, USASterling McPherson - Program of Excellence in the Addictions, College of Nursing, Washington State University, WA, USAJohn Roll - Program of Excellence in the Addictions, College of Nursing, Washington State University, WA, USA
- Publication Details
- Addictive behaviors, Vol.39(6), pp.1113-1119
- Academic Unit
- Nursing, College of; Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine; Medical Education and Clinical Science, Department of
- Publisher
- England
- Grant note
- K01 DA037661 / NIDA NIH HHS
- Identifiers
- 99900547764501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article