Qualitative studies smoking hookah among girls and young women (case study: Shiraz city)

This article aims to study the causes, strategies and consequences of tobacco consumption among women and young girls. This research using qualitative methods, data-driven approach to theorizing (grounded theory) and a semi-structured interview technique was interactive. The population of the study included women and young girls, living in the city of Shiraz. Using purposeful and theoretical sampling, with 37 girls and women who were involved in these types of using tobacco, were interviewed.The results showed that water-pipe use among respondents factors include: being with friends, equalitarian, modernization, enjoyment, change in leisure activity and pressure. Two factors (lack of barriers and adjacent areas) as well as the underlying cause (adjacent family) are intervening factors in smoking hookah. Strategy girls and young women in the use of hookah include: Continued use of hidden or revealed by abstinence and implies intensifying and changing consumption patterns. According to the study, tobacco use, consequences such as the spread of disorder and damage, regret and guilt and social invalidity Has brought