Tobacco use in shisha: Studies on waterpipe smoking

Waterpipe smok<strong>in</strong>g and cigarette smok<strong>in</strong>g were significantly higher among less educated
rural Egyptian men (Figure 4.5). The prevalence of waterpipe smok<strong>in</strong>g was higher among the
divorced and widowed, while cigarette smok<strong>in</strong>g was more prevalent among the never married
(Figure 4.6).
Waterpipe smok<strong>in</strong>g practice <strong>in</strong> rural Egypt
Most of the rural males who smoked waterpipe owned their own waterpipe at their homes
(Figure 4.7). A m<strong>in</strong>ority of exclusive waterpipe smokers as well as mixed smokers smoked <strong>in</strong>
cafés (15% and 32%, respectively).
A gradual <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> the expenditure on waterpipe smok<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> successive birth cohorts
was clear (Figure 4.8), be<strong>in</strong>g highest <strong>in</strong> the youngest birth cohorts (28.7 Egyptian pounds/
month).
A m<strong>in</strong>ority of waterpipe smokers avoided smok<strong>in</strong>g around their wives and children (by
smok<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> another room or outside the ho<strong>use</strong>; Figures 4.9 and 4.10).
%
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40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
Cigarette
Waterpipe
Both
Always Sometimes Rarely/never
Figure 4.9 Rural Egyptian smok<strong>in</strong>g practice
<strong>in</strong> relation to presence of wives at home
%
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40.0
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20.0
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In the
same room
In another
room
Cigarette
Waterpipe
Both
Outside
the ho<strong>use</strong>
Figure 4.10 Rural Egyptian smok<strong>in</strong>g
practice <strong>in</strong> relation to presence of children
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