Smoking both cigarette and waterpipe at the same time is popular among adolescents

What is it about?

Tobacco smoking a risky behavior with socioeconomic, health, and psychological adverse effects. Watepipe is gaining popularity across all populations, especially the youngsters. In the current study, we found that smoking pattern among adolescents is shifting toward adopting concurrent waterpipe and cigarette smoking.

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Why is it important?

Most of the current programs to counteract the spread and negative affects of smoking are for cigarette. In the present study, we found most of the adolescents are adopting both cigarette and waterpipe smoking. Therefore, future studies and programs should focus on cessation and offsetting negative affects of dual smoking.