Reasons for shisha smoking: Findings from a mixed methods study among adult shisha smokers in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: Shisha smoking has increased significantly worldwide over the past decade including in developing countries such as Nigeria. We aimed to understand the reasons for shisha smoking in Nigeria in order to address the lack of context-specific evidence to inform the national response to the growing threat posed by shisha smoking. We adopted the Theory of Planned Behaviour to conduct in-depth interviews among 78 purposely sampled current shisha smokers in 13 states (six in each state), and a quantitative survey including a random sample of 611 current shisha smokers in 12 states, across the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria. The in-depth interview data was analysed using thematic analysis whilst the quantitative survey data was analysed descriptively. We triangulated the key findings from the tw

SUBMITTER: Mdege ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10836660 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature