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“It's nice to just be”: A qualitative study on the meaning-imbued reality of waterpipe smoking among young adults in Sweden
Background and aims: Waterpipe smoking is regarded as a burgeoning public health problem due to its popularity among young adults. This study aims to understand the meaning-imbued reality of waterpipe smoking for young adults in Sweden. Method: Data from 18 individual interviews with ethnically dive...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10634388/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37969904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14550725231195183 |
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description | Background and aims: Waterpipe smoking is regarded as a burgeoning public health problem due to its popularity among young adults. This study aims to understand the meaning-imbued reality of waterpipe smoking for young adults in Sweden. Method: Data from 18 individual interviews with ethnically diverse Swedish young adults were analysed using inductive latent-level qualitative content analysis. Results: The youth's experience of waterpipe smoking shows different dimensions (time, space, fun, community) that construct the practice of waterpipe smoking as a closed bubble characterised by harmlessness, cosiness and freedom to develop an adult self in the waterpipe group. The bubble provides a breathing space and timeout in everyday life, fuelled by an understanding of the hookah as hazard-free and liberating. A variety of control mechanisms are used to defend the bubble's constructed harmlessness, proving responsibility by applying practice-, communication- and Othering-oriented means. Conclusion: The study enhances the understanding of waterpipe smoking by highlighting its community- and self-forming meaning in a combined focus on ritualistic and symbolic qualities. For young adults, waterpipe smoking combines potentially beneficial and detrimental impacts on health. This complex situation requires a dialogical – rather than a traditional – approach to prevention that negotiates the risk landscape faced by young adults. |
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spelling | pubmed-106343882023-11-15 “It's nice to just be”: A qualitative study on the meaning-imbued reality of waterpipe smoking among young adults in Sweden Pelters, Pelle Galanti, Maria Rosaria Nordisk Alkohol Nark Research Reports Background and aims: Waterpipe smoking is regarded as a burgeoning public health problem due to its popularity among young adults. This study aims to understand the meaning-imbued reality of waterpipe smoking for young adults in Sweden. Method: Data from 18 individual interviews with ethnically diverse Swedish young adults were analysed using inductive latent-level qualitative content analysis. Results: The youth's experience of waterpipe smoking shows different dimensions (time, space, fun, community) that construct the practice of waterpipe smoking as a closed bubble characterised by harmlessness, cosiness and freedom to develop an adult self in the waterpipe group. The bubble provides a breathing space and timeout in everyday life, fuelled by an understanding of the hookah as hazard-free and liberating. A variety of control mechanisms are used to defend the bubble's constructed harmlessness, proving responsibility by applying practice-, communication- and Othering-oriented means. Conclusion: The study enhances the understanding of waterpipe smoking by highlighting its community- and self-forming meaning in a combined focus on ritualistic and symbolic qualities. For young adults, waterpipe smoking combines potentially beneficial and detrimental impacts on health. This complex situation requires a dialogical – rather than a traditional – approach to prevention that negotiates the risk landscape faced by young adults. SAGE Publications 2023-09-10 2023-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10634388/ /pubmed/37969904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14550725231195183 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Research Reports Pelters, Pelle Galanti, Maria Rosaria “It's nice to just be”: A qualitative study on the meaning-imbued reality of waterpipe smoking among young adults in Sweden |
title | “It's nice to just be”: A qualitative study on the meaning-imbued reality of waterpipe smoking among young adults in Sweden |
title_full | “It's nice to just be”: A qualitative study on the meaning-imbued reality of waterpipe smoking among young adults in Sweden |
title_fullStr | “It's nice to just be”: A qualitative study on the meaning-imbued reality of waterpipe smoking among young adults in Sweden |
title_full_unstemmed | “It's nice to just be”: A qualitative study on the meaning-imbued reality of waterpipe smoking among young adults in Sweden |
title_short | “It's nice to just be”: A qualitative study on the meaning-imbued reality of waterpipe smoking among young adults in Sweden |
title_sort | “it's nice to just be”: a qualitative study on the meaning-imbued reality of waterpipe smoking among young adults in sweden |
topic | Research Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10634388/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37969904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14550725231195183 |
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