Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions towards waterpipe tobacco smoking amongst college or university students: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite evidence for the harms of waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS), its use is increasing amongst college and university students worldwide. This systematic review aims to assess the knowledge of, attitudes towards and perceptions of WTS among college or university students.

Methods

We electronically searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PSYCHINFO and ISI the Web of Science in October 2018, restricting our search to studies published since January 1990. We included studies among university or college students that used qualitative or quantitative methods, and addressed either knowledge, attitudes, or perceptions towards WTS. We excluded studies where WTS could not be distinguished from other forms of tobacco use and studies reported as abstracts where the full text cou

SUBMITTER: Arshad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6487066 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature