Abstract
The study investigated the prevalence of shisha-aided flavoured tobacco smoking among students in public universities in Rivers State. The study emphasized on the number of students associated with shisha use in the three public universities located in Rivers State. It is a cross-sectional study carried out among undergraduate students in public universities in Rivers State with population forty seven thousand, five hundred and seventeen (47,517) from the three (3) public universities in Rivers State, using a sample size of one thousand undergraduate students drawn through a multi-stage sampling procedure. The instrument used for data collection were 30 items structured questionnaire titled “Prevalence of Shisha-aided Flavoured Tobacco Smoking (PSFTS)” which has a reliability coefficient of 0.91 and focus group discussion. Data was analyzed using frequency and percentage for the demographic characteristics, while mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research question. While ANOVA was used to test the hypotheses at .05 alpha level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the prevalence of shisha-aided that the prevalence of shisha-aided flavoured tobacco smoking was considerably low. The study concluded with the following recommendations that health awareness campaign/trainings among students on health risks implications and on admission of students, during orientation the universities authorities should marshal modalities to halt the use of shisha and all other forms of tobacco use.
 
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Highlights
Shisha-aided flavoured tobacco smoking is a growing health concern globally, and is on the increase among young people worldwide, even though is common among all age groups.Shisha is an instrument or device used in smoking flavoured tobacco and is still emerging with evidence that it poses health risks (Taylor Hays, 2017)
Research Question 1: What is the prevalence of Shisha-aided flavoured tobacco smoking among students in Public Universities in Rivers State based on Gender?
It shows the mean rating of the respondents over prevalence of Shisha-aided flavoured tobacco smoking in Public Universities in Rivers State was generally low
Summary
Shisha-aided flavoured tobacco smoking is a growing health concern globally, and is on the increase among young people worldwide, even though is common among all age groups.Shisha is an instrument or device used in smoking flavoured tobacco and is still emerging with evidence that it poses health risks (Taylor Hays, 2017). Shisha-aided flavoured tobacco smoking is a growing health concern globally, and is on the increase among young people worldwide, even though is common among all age groups. It is believed that some toxins in the smoke inhaled are filtered out by the water in the pipe, it is less harmful (Maziak et al, 2004). It is revealed shisha as is associated with increased heart rate, high blood pressure, impaired pulmonary function, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema and coronary artery disease as a result of prolong use, even periodontal diseases, lung and esophageal cancer is traced to shisha use (Qasim, Alarabi, Alzoubi, Karim, Alshbool and Khasawneh, 2019). About six million of health are due to direct tobacco use and 890,000 are due to exposure to second-hand smoke
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