Waterpipe Smoking Thesis

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Research statement
My research over the last couple of years has focused on waterpipe smoking among youth. Within this broad topic, I address three questions: a) who are those individuals exposed to health warning labels (HWLs) on waterpipe tobacco? that is, what are the demographic characteristics of this group? b) What are the effects of the exposure of these HWL on their harm perception about waterpipe smoking? Here I examine what individuals think about the relative harm of waterpipe smoking with that of other tobacco products, for example, cigarettes. c) What are the effects on quitting interest? I study individual’s quit attempts and plans to quit. I investigate these questions using the PATH (Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health),