{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Ben Mansour N"],"funding":["Fogarty International Center"],"pagination":["e0279014"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10038263"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["18(3)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pubmed_title":["Adapting waterpipe-specific pictorial health warning labels to the Tunisian context using a mixed method approach."],"pmcid":["PMC10038263"],"funding_grant_id":["R01TW010654"],"pubmed_authors":["Sassi Mahfoudh A","Schmidt M","Asfar T","Ben Youssef S","Ben Mansour N","D Ward K","Rejaibi S","Ben Romdhane H","Maziak W"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Adapting waterpipe-specific pictorial health warning labels to the Tunisian context using a mixed method approach.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023","modification":"2025-04-18T17:17:41.22Z","creation":"2025-04-07T04:50:36.369Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10038263","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36961806"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0279014"]}}