n (%) | |
Age (years) | |
Mean (±SD) | 25.3 (±3.13) |
Median (minimum–maximum) | 25 (21–35) |
Gender | |
Male | 25 (50) |
Female | 25 (50) |
Highest level of education completed | |
High school | 7 (14) |
College, no degree | 18 (36) |
College degree | 25 (50) |
Race/Ethnicity | |
White, Caucasian, European | 11 (22) |
Mexican, Hispanic or Latino | 16 (32) |
Black or African American | 5 (10) |
Asian | 2 (4) |
Middle Eastern/Arab, Chaldean, Persian, Kurdish | 13 (26) |
Multiethnic | 3 (6) |
Type of natural home setting | |
Home | 30 (60) |
Apartment | 19 (38) |
Other: townhouse | 1 (2) |
Do you currently smoke WPT daily, weekly or monthly? | |
Weekly at least once each week but less than daily | 31 (62) |
Monthly at least once a month but less than weekly | 19 (38) |
How many WPT heads do you usually smoke on the day you smoke? | |
Mean (±SD) | 1.3 (±0.56) |
Median (minimum–maximum) | 1 (0.5–3) |
What type of WPT do you currently smoke? | |
Only flavoured | 46 (92) |
Only unflavoured | 0 (0) |
Flavoured and unflavored equally | 0 (0) |
Flavoured more than unflavored | 3 (6) |
Unflavored more than flavoured | 1 (2) |
How often do you share a WP with someone you know? | |
Almost always/often | 44 (88) |
Rarely/never | 6 (12) |
How often do you share a WP with someone you just met? | |
Almost always/often | 10 (20) |
Rarely/never | 40 (80) |
After smoking WPT at home, where do you usually discard the remaining smoked WPT residue? | |
In the trash | 40 (81.6) |
Kitchen sink | 7 (14.3) |
Bathroom sink | 0 (0) |
Toilet | 0 (0) |
In the backyard soil | 1 (2) |
In the plant pot indoors | 1 (2) |
After smoking WPT at home, where do you usually discard the remaining burnt charcoal? | |
In the trash | 27 (55.1) |
Kitchen sink | 14 (28.6) |
Bathroom sink | 0 (0) |
Toilet | 2 (4.1) |
In the backyard soil | 5 (10.2) |
In the plant pot indoors | 1 (2) |
Smoked WP w ater | |
After smoking how many WPT heads at home do you replace the water in the WP bowl with fresh water? | |
Mean (±SD) | 2.1 (±1.36) |
Median (minimum–maximum) | 2 (0–7) |
When you decide to replace the smoked WP water with fresh water, where do you usually discard the water? | |
Kitchen sink | 36 (72) |
Bathroom sink | 7 (13.7) |
Toilet | 2 (3.9) |
In the backyard soil | 4 (7.8) |
In the plant pot indoors | 0 (0) |
Other places: street storm drain | 1 (2) |
After smoking WPT at home, when you pour the smoked WP water, do you usually smell anything? | |
Yes | 24 (52.2) |
No | 22 (47.8) |
After discarding the smoked WP water, do you usually see any material left in the WP bowl? | |
Yes | 20 (42.6) |
No | 27 (57.5) |
WP h ose | |
Have you ever cleaned the WP hose that you use at home? | |
Yes | 33 (68.7) |
No | 15 (31.3) |
If Yes, do you clean the WP hose at home after every WPT smoking session? | |
Yes | 11 (35.5) |
No | 20 (64.5) |
Where do you usually clean your WP hose that you use at home? | |
Kitchen sink | 26 (78.8) |
Bathroom sink | 4 (12.1) |
In the backyard | 3 (9.1) |
How long have you been using the WP hose that you currently smoke at home (months)? | |
Mean (±SD) | 7.5 (±6.94) |
Median (minimum–maximum) | 6 (1–24) |
Have you ever shared the WP hose that you use when you smoke WPT at home? | |
Yes | 39 (84.8) |
No | 7 (15.2) |
WP s tem | |
Have you ever cleaned the WP stem that you use at home? | |
Yes | 34 (72.3) |
No | 13 (27.7) |
If Yes, do you clean the WP stem that you use at home after every WPT smoking session? | |
Yes | 16 (50) |
No | 16 (50) |
Where do you usually clean your WP stem that you use at home? | |
Kitchen sink | 30 (85.6) |
Bathroom sink | 3 (8.6) |
In the backyard | 1 (2.9) |
Other places: shower | 1 (2.9) |
How long have you been using the WP stem that you currently use to smoke hookah at home (months)? | |
Mean (±SD) | 12.9 (±19.95) |
Median (minimum–maximum) | 6 (1–120) |
The response item ‘other places’ was provided in all location of disposal questions; only those with responses are provided in the table. Due to missing values, some variables do not total the sample size 50.
WP, waterpipe; WPT, waterpipe tobacco.