Adapting waterpipe-specific pictorial health warning labels to the Tunisian context using a mixed method approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Waterpipe (WP) use is rapidly increasing among young people worldwide due to the widespread misperception that it is safer than cigarette smoking. Health warning labels (HWLs) can effectively communicate tobacco-related health risks but have yet to be developed for WP. This study aimed to optimize and adapt a set of 16 pictorial WP-specific HWLs, developed by an international Delphi study, to the Tunisian context. HWLs were grouped into four themes: WP health risks, WP harm to others, WP-specific harms, and WP harm compared to cigarettes.

Methods

Using a mixed method approach, we conducted ten focus groups combined with a survey among young WP users and nonusers (N = 63; age 18-34 years). In the survey, participants rated the HWLs on several communication outcomes

SUBMITTER: Ben Mansour N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10038263 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature