Monday, 30 July, HealthDay News)--for the first time to smoke tobacco shisha (water pipe) is used more often among the students of women's College United States in their first year, a new study finds.
The researchers surveyed 483 freshman College women and found that not using hookah to 343 of the College. 23% of Students attempted to 343 hookah smoking during their first year of College.
Use of Hookah, appear to be associated with the use of alcohol and marijuana. The students consumed more alcohol, the more likely they were to try hookah. Students who use marijuana is smoking Hookah, more frequently than others.
Researchers also found that certain personality traits, such as higher levels of impulsivity and a strong tendency to compare yourself to others, predicted the frequency of use of the hookah.
The study was published online in the journal psychology of addictive behaviors.
The results are troubling because there has been a sharp increase in hookah smoking rates among young people in the United States over the past two decades, said researchers at the Miriam Hospital in Providence, r.i.
Some studies show that levels of kalyana among young people are on a par with smoking cigarettes.
The researchers noted that many students mistakenly believe that hookah safer than cigarettes, but the hookah has been associated with many of the same diseases caused by cigarettes, including lung cancer, respiratory infections and gum disease.
"The popularity and social nature of Hookah, coupled with the fact that College Freshmen increasingly experiment with risky behavior that could pave the way for potential health problems, given what we know about the dangers of smoking Hookah," lead author Robyn Fielder, Miriam Hospital centers research intern behavioral and preventive medicine, stated in a press release.
--Robert Preidt 
Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved. Source: Miriam Hospital, press release, July 2012
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