Trends in Hookah Use Among New York City Middle and High School Students, 2008-2014

Prev Chronic Dis. 2018 Feb 8:15:E20. doi: 10.5888/pcd15.170283.

Abstract

We examined trends in hookah use among New York City middle and high school students. We calculated prevalences, linear trends, and odds ratios of ever and current hookah use, by selected demographic variables, using 2008 through 2014 data from the New York State Youth Tobacco Survey. The prevalence of ever hookah use increased overall from 2008 through 2014 (8.9% to 13.0%, P = .01); current use was stable during this period but increased across many demographic characteristics. Our results indicate a need for efforts to educate populations with increasing prevalence of hookah use as well as policies that regulate use to reduce and denormalize hookah smoking.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Asian / statistics & numerical data
  • Black or African American / statistics & numerical data
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Hispanic or Latino / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • New York City / epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • Sex Distribution
  • Smoking Water Pipes / statistics & numerical data*
  • Students / statistics & numerical data
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Tobacco Smoking / ethnology*
  • White People / statistics & numerical data