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10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053165 [doi]

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INTRODUCTION: Hookahs (water pipes) are rapidly increasing in popularity worldwide. Evidence suggests that although perceived as safer than cigarette smoke, hookah smoke may be as, or even more, dangerous as cigarette smoke. METHODS: Air samples from 33 homes-11 where only hookah-smoking occurred, 12 with only cigarettes and 10 with no smoking-were collected to analyse concentrations of particulate matter (PM2.5), black carbon, elemental and organic carbon and carbon monoxide (CO). Air quality was assessed in rooms where smoking occurred and in an adjacent room. RESULTS: Hookah and cigarette smoking impaired home air quality. The rooms in which hookahs were smoked showed the highest concentrations for all pollutants. CO was significantly greater in the rooms where hookahs were smoked than in the cigarette-smoking rooms and the non-smoking households (p

Weitzman,M., Yusufali,A.H., Bali,F., Vilcassim,M.J.R., Gandhi,S., Peltier,R., Nadas,A., Sherman,S., Lee,L., Hong,Z., Shearston,J., Park,S.H., Gordon,T.

Department of Pediatrics, New York University, School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.; College of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, New York, USA.; Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University, School of Med(TRUNCATED

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2016