Reviewer’s report
Title: Intention to quit water pipe smoking among Iranian women: A qualitative directed content
analysis
Version: 0 Date: 13 Jan 2020
Reviewer: João Carlos Alchieri
Reviewer's report:
This is a proposal for an assessment of why tobacco hookahs use and terminate tobacco use in Iranian
women  based  on  the  theory of planned  action.  The  authors  present  current  changes, along  with
proposal  references,  justifying  a  problem  in  terms  of  public  health  and  difficulty  in  applying
inappropriate health practices, especially in the perception of cultural values and contexts. The study
demonstrated the relationship with methodological, ethical and technical aspects of sample research
and statistical analysis on historical objectives. The data selected in the reader obtain information about
the methodological process, the understanding of the observed results and the discussion about the
subject. Some points such as data generalization and sample representativeness select more explicitly,
but do not compromise the information described here.
Are the methods appropriate and well described?
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Yes
Does the work include the necessary controls?
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Yes
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?
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Yes
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an
additional statistical review?
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assessment in your comments to the editors.
Not relevant to this manuscript
Quality of written English
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Acceptable
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This is a proposal for an assessment of why tobacco hookahs use and terminate tobacco use in Iranian
women  based  on  the  theory of planned  action.  The  authors  present  current  changes, along  with
proposal  references,  justifying  a  problem  in  terms  of  public  health  and  difficulty  in  applying
inappropriate health practices, especially in the perception of cultural values and contexts. The study
demonstrated the relationship with methodological, ethical and technical aspects of sample research
and statistical analysis on historical objectives. The data selected in the reader obtain information about
the methodological process, the understanding of the observed results and the discussion about the
subject. Some points such as data generalization and sample representativeness select more explicitly,
but do not compromise the information described here.
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