A Study of Hookah Café Customers in the Atlanta Area

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking

In brief

The purpose of the study is to assess the effectiveness of health warnings on waterpipe smoking behavior in a real-world setting. The primary hypothesis is that hookah café customers who are in the intervention (warning) arm will smoke less than customers who are in the control (no warning) arm, determined by differences in the boost in expired carbon monoxide from café entry to after café exit.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05916170

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

977

Starts

2023-06-01

Expected to finish

2024-11-21

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Planning to enter the hookah café where study is being conducted
• Age 18 or older
• English speaking
• Planning to smoke hookah inside
• Not planning to smoke cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos or marijuana while at the hookah café
• Had not previously entered the café earlier in the day on the same day/night as data collection
• Has not been approached to participate in the study at another café or another day/night at the current café
• Are not employees of the business
• Have capacity to participate as determined by the staff member conducting eligibility screening

You may not qualify if…

• Not planning to enter the hookah café where the study is being conducted
• Age 17 and under
• Non-English speaking
• Not planning to smoke hookah in the café
• Planning to smoke cigarettes, cigars, or marijuana while at the hookah café
• Are employees of the business
• Had previously entered the café on the same day/night as data collection
• Has not been approached to participate in the study previously
• Does not have capacity to participate as determined by the staff member conducting eligibility screening

Where it is running

• Wake Forest University Health Sciences — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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