The use of planned behavior theory in predicting cigarette smoking among Waterpipe smokers

Table 2 Associations between TPB’s constructs and background variables (n = 406) for waterpipe users in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2015

	Favorable toward cigarette smoking
	Attitude	Subjective Norm	Perceived Control	Intentions
Pearson Correlation
Age	−0.19*	−0.20*	−0.17*	−0.20*
Waterpipe initiation age	−0.12*	−0.14*	−0.16*	−0.23*
Withdrawal symptoms scores	0.13*	0.21*	0.14*	0.22*
No. of cigarettes smoked/week	0.10	0.03	0.19	0.40*
Waterpipe session duration(min)	0.09	0.06	−0.02	−0.02
Waterpipe frequency use/week	−.01	.07	−.00	.06
Years of cigarettes use	−0.18*	−0.07	−0.13	−0.08
Years of waterpipe use	−0.14*	−0.14*	−0.08	−0.06

The Pearson product moment correlations, the * represents significance at an alpha of 0.05

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