Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Adolescent hookah pipe use is a public health concern because it poses several health, environmental, and economic risks. Self-determination theory (SDT) posits that people are motivated to engage in certain behaviours in an attempt to satisfy their basic psychological

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What is a Cultural Collage? It is what is happening in Jordan today; different people from different backgrounds come to one piece of land looking for any refuge and hope. I wanted to create a building for this phenomenon. This is a building where people could come to and meet at to drink coffee and smoke hookah and share their stories. The characters that played the role in the Surrealist Movement in Paris in the 20s were my inspiration to design this building. The Artists came together in a time of war. The first World War was in action and yet, they met at a small coffee shop in Paris to discuss what they felt like discussing and at the end of the day an art movement was born. Storytelling. In these small rooms, the meeting rooms, or even the coffee house on the first level, people meet. As they order their coffee and move into the next room they can sit and socialize, tell stories and make art. As they move up to the next level the spaces become bigger and more open. The whole building starts telling a story. / Master of Architecture

<p><strong><p>Abstrakt</p><p>Titel: Hur får ungdomar tillgång till tobak? – En kvantitativstudie bland ungdomar i Halland<strong> </strong></p><p>Författare: Sandra Mellberg & Linda Vigren<strong> </strong></p><p>Sektion: Sektionen för Hälsa och Samhälle<strong> </strong></p><p>Handledare: Solgun Folke & Eja Pedersen<strong> </strong></p><p>Högskola: Högskolan i Halmstad<strong> </strong></p><p>Tid: 2009-12-17<strong> </strong></p><p>Sidantal: 13<strong> </strong></p><p>Nyckelord: Röka vattenpipa, rökning, snusning, tillgång till <strong>tobak, ungdomar.</strong></p></strong></p><p>Sammanfattning:  Syftet med studien var att beskriva hur ungdomar i åldrarna 14- 16 år får tillgång till tobak. Metoden var kvantitativ med enkät som datainsamlingsinstrument. Studien var en tvärsnittsstudie. Över hälften av de undersökta ungdomarna visste hur de skulle kunna få tag i tobak på ett enkelt sätt. Vanligast var det att ungdomar fick tobak från äldre eller jämnåriga kompisar. Studien visade dessutom att en tredjedel av de undersökta eleverna hade provat att röka vattenpipa. Studien bidrar till att ge en bild över hur lätt eller svårt ungdomar själva upplever att det är att få tag på tobak. Fortsatt forskning kan inrikta sig på att studera attityder hos de personer som köper ut eller säljer tobak till minderåriga. Tobaksanvändning bland ungdomar är fortfarande ett problem i Sverige.</p> / <p><strong><p>Abstract</p></strong></p><p>Titel: How do adolescents get access to tobacco? – A<strong> </strong>quantitative study among adolescents in Halland</p><p><strong><p>Author: Sandra Mellberg & Linda Vigren<strong> </strong></p><p>Section: Sektionen för Hälsa och Samhälle<strong> </strong></p><p>Instructor: Solgun Folke & Eja Pedersen<strong> </strong></p><p>University: Högskolan i Halmstad<strong> </strong></p><p>Time: 2009-12-17<strong> </strong></p><p>Pages: 13<strong> </strong></p><p>Keywords: Access to tobacco, adolescents, smoking hookah, snusing, tobacco.<strong> </strong></p></strong></p><p>Summarize:  The aim is to find out how adolescents age 14-16 years get tobacco. The method was quantitative with questionnaire. The study was a cross-sectional study. More than half of the studied pupils knew how to get tobacco in an easy way. It was most common that the adolescents got tobacco from older friends or from friends in the same age. The study showed that one third of the students had tried smoking hookah. The study contribute to give a wider perspective over how easy or hard adolescents feels it is to get hold of tobacco. Continued research can concentrate on studying people who buy or sell tobacco to minors. Tobacco use among adolescents is still a problem in Sweden.</p>

Abstrakt Titel: Hur får ungdomar tillgång till tobak? – En kvantitativstudie bland ungdomar i Halland Författare: Sandra Mellberg &amp; Linda Vigren Sektion: Sektionen för Hälsa och Samhälle Handledare: Solgun Folke &amp; Eja Pedersen Högskola: Högskolan i Halmstad Tid: 2009-12-17 Sidantal: 13 Nyckelord: Röka vattenpipa, rökning, snusning, tillgång till tobak, ungdomar. Sammanfattning:  Syftet med studien var att beskriva hur ungdomar i åldrarna 14- 16 år får tillgång till tobak. Metoden var kvantitativ med enkät som datainsamlingsinstrument. Studien var en tvärsnittsstudie. Över hälften av de undersökta ungdomarna visste hur de skulle kunna få tag i tobak på ett enkelt sätt. Vanligast var det att ungdomar fick tobak från äldre eller jämnåriga kompisar. Studien visade dessutom att en tredjedel av de undersökta eleverna hade provat att röka vattenpipa. Studien bidrar till att ge en bild över hur lätt eller svårt ungdomar själva upplever att det är att få tag på tobak. Fortsatt forskning kan inrikta sig på att studera attityder hos de personer som köper ut eller säljer tobak till minderåriga. Tobaksanvändning bland ungdomar är fortfarande ett problem i Sverige. / Abstract Titel: How do adolescents get access to tobacco? – A quantitative study among adolescents in Halland Author: Sandra Mellberg &amp; Linda Vigren Section: Sektionen för Hälsa och Samhälle Instructor: Solgun Folke &amp; Eja Pedersen University: Högskolan i Halmstad Time: 2009-12-17 Pages: 13 Keywords: Access to tobacco, adolescents, smoking hookah, snusing, tobacco.  Summarize:  The aim is to find out how adolescents age 14-16 years get tobacco. The method was quantitative with questionnaire. The study was a cross-sectional study. More than half of the studied pupils knew how to get tobacco in an easy way. It was most common that the adolescents got tobacco from older friends or from friends in the same age. The study showed that one third of the students had tried smoking hookah. The study contribute to give a wider perspective over how easy or hard adolescents feels it is to get hold of tobacco. Continued research can concentrate on studying people who buy or sell tobacco to minors. Tobacco use among adolescents is still a problem in Sweden.

This master’s thesis is focusing on the research of chosen smoking types and their comparison in regard to emitted particles. Aerosol created during smoking represents a serious threat for human health. For purposes of this work an experimental set-up was constructed in the Laboratory of Aerosol Research at BUT FME and experiments simulating smoking process were carried out. The results of these experiments are presenting objective information about the constitution of produced aerosol which enters smoker’s lungs. There are many myths about the harmful effects of different types of smoking. The goal of this work is to verify and resolve these myths and set the foundation for possible upcoming research in this area.

This diploma thesis deals with the creation of a business plan for setting up an hookah bar. The thesis consist of several parts – theoretical, analytical and practical. In the theoretical part, the basic term and definitions are described and defined. In the analytical part is analyzed the current situation in the market using theoretical knowledge and the practical part is the whole realization of the business plan itself.

This thesis deals with the topic of how the members of online community of hookah smokers (hookah community) communicate. The core of the thesis lies in the quantitative content analysis of the content published in three hookah community Facebook groups. The results of the analysis are complemented with insight gained through semi-structured interviews conducted with seven members of the hookah community, using qualitative analysis. The first part of the thesis outlines the new media, describes basic terminology and concepts of social networks and marketing communication, provides an introduction into the topic of online communities, and describes hookahs, the hookah community, and the commercial entities involved in the hookah industry. The second part of the thesis describes the methodology of quantitative and qualitative research, presents the obtained findings, and provides their summary utilizing the knowledge presented in the theoretical part of the thesis. The thesis aims to describe and evaluate the current state of communication within the hookah community Facebook groups and map the presence of commercial communication in the analyzed content.