WTS database

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Hookah use among college students from a Midwest University	2012	Department of Health and Sport Sciences, Otterbein University, 1 South Grove Street, Westerville, OH 43081, USA. rbraun@otterbein.edu	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of community health Periodical, Abbrev. J.Community Health Pub Date Free Form Apr Volume 37 Issue 2 Start Page 294 Other Pages 298 Notes JID: 7600747; ppublish Place of Publication Netherlands ISSN/ISBN 1573-3610; 0094-5145 Accession Number PMID: 21805373 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; IM DOI 10.1007/s10900-011-9444-9 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 21805373 Abstract National data indicate nearly a quarter of college students smoked from a hookah at some point in their lifetime regardless of gender. To address this issue, researchers assessed the perceptions, knowledge, beliefs of hookah users at a large Midwestern University and also determined what other drug related high-risk behaviors were associated with this behavior. An anonymous, online survey was sent to 2,000 randomly selected undergraduate students from a large Midwestern University. Researchers used a cross sectional research design to determine the prevalence and motivating factors associated with hookah use. Respondents included 438 individuals (60% female) with an average age of 23.1 (SD = 12.32), yielding a response rate of 22%. Approximately 15.4% of the sample had previously smoked hookah, while 6% used hookah within the past 30 days. Common motivating factors associated with smoking hookah included socializing/partying (29%), peer influence (27%), and for relaxation (25%). Correlations were calculated comparing hookah use to other high risk behaviors with the two highest correlations consisted of 30-day tobacco use (r = 0.67) and marijuana (r = 0.39). The results from this study suggest hookah use is limited to a small percentage of students. Students appear to smoke hookah for social reasons and underestimate the addictive properties associated with the product. Researchers and practitioners need to develop and evaluate specific interventions to educate college students about the health hazards associated with hookah use. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Braun,R.E., Glassman,T., Wohlwend,J., Whewell,A., Reindl,D.M. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Hookah's new popularity among US college students: a pilot study of the characteristics of hookah smokers and their Facebook displays	2012	Center for Child Health Behavior and Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full BMJ open Periodical, Abbrev. BMJ Open Pub Date Free Form 12-Dec Volume 2 Issue 6 Start Page 10.1136/bmjopen Other Pages 2012-001709. Print 2012 Notes LR: 20160603; GR: R21 AA017936/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States; JID: 101552874; OID: NLM: PMC3533013; 2012 [ppublish]; epublish Place of Publication England ISSN/ISBN 2044-6055; 2044-6055 Accession Number PMID: 23242241 Language eng SubFile Journal Article DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001709 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 23242241 Abstract OBJECTIVES: (1) To confirm the prevalence of hookah use among US college students. (2) To identify substances commonly smoked in hookahs and other substance use characteristics of hookah smokers. (3) Given the powerful influence of Facebook and its potential role in promoting behaviours, to assess the prevalence of hookah references on Facebook profiles. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Two large US universities; www.Facebook.com. PARTICIPANTS: 307 Facebook profiles were coded and 216 of these profile owners completed an online survey. On average, participants were 18.8 years old (SD=0.7), women (54%), Caucasian (70.4%) and approximately half were from each university. OUTCOME MEASURES: Lifetime and frequency of hookah use, substance smoked in hookah, cigarette and marijuana use, hookah references displayed on Facebook. RESULTS: 27.8% of participants endorsed hookah use; there were no significant differences between age, gender, race or university for hookah use. Hookah users reported smoking tobacco (78%), hash (12%) and both tobacco and marijuana/hash (10%) in their hookah. Compared with non-hookah smokers, hookah smokers were more likely to report using cigarettes (OR=3.41, 95%CI=1.2 to 9.64) and marijuana (OR=15.01, 95%CI=6.5 to 34.65). Hookah references were present on 5% of Facebook profiles. CONCLUSIONS: More than one quarter of college students smoke hookah. Most smoke tobacco in their hookah, and hookah smoking is associated with polysubstance use. Hookah may present new risks for nicotine addiction in this population. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Brockman,L.N., Pumper,M.A., Christakis,D.A., Moreno,M.A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20121212 PMCID PMC3533013 Editors
Hookah use among New Jersey youth: associations and changes over time	2012	Center for Tobacco Surveillance and Evaluation Research, UMDNJ-School of Public Health, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. bovermi@umdnj.edu	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full American Journal of Health Behavior Periodical, Abbrev. Am.J.Health Behav. Pub Date Free Form Sep Volume 36 Issue 5 Start Page 693 Other Pages 699 Notes JID: 9602338; ppublish Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 1945-7359; 1087-3244 Accession Number PMID: 22584096 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; IM DOI 10.5993/AJHB.36.5.11 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 22584096 Abstract OBJECTIVES: To assess hookah use among youth for prevalence, associations, and changes over time. METHODS: Data from the 2008 and 2010 New Jersey Youth Tobacco Survey were analyzed to examine hookah smoking by gender, race/ethnicity, and grade level. RESULTS: Prevalence of hookah use increased significantly among black and Hispanic students. Frequency of use was generally occasional. In multivariate models, Asian race; Hispanic ethnicity; and concurrent use of cigarettes, cigars, and bidis predicted current hookah smoking. CONCLUSIONS: Prevalence of hookah use is rising among New Jersey's youth, particularly among minority populations, representing a growing public health concern. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Bover Manderski,M.T., Hrywna,M., Delnevo,C.D. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
The detrimental danger of Water-Pipe (Hookah) transcends the hazardous consequences of general health to the driving behavior	2012		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full J Transl Med Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 10 Issue Start Page 126 Other Pages 126 Notes ID: 22709610 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the consumption of tobacco used in Water-Pipe by drivers increases the risk of a motor vehicle collision as a consequence of hypoxia. DESIGN: Analytical case-control study. DATA SOURCES: Seventy exclusive Water-Pipe smokers (Experimental Group--EG)--mean age Â± SD: 29.47 Â± 10.45 years; mean number of weekly WPS, (6.9 Â± 3.7); mean duration of WPS (WPS) is (7.5 Â± 2.1 years)--and thirty non-smoker (Control Group--CG; mean age Â± SD: 36.33 Â± 13.92 years) were recruited during 2011 from two Arab villages located in the Galilee, northern Israel. METHODS: We performed a case-control study exclusively among Water-Pipe smokers with an appropriate non smokers control group. Demographic questionnaire, Pulse Oxymeter for blood oxygenation measure and a driver simulator for measuring various participants driving behaviors were utilized. Statistical analysis for analyzing the different variables, Pearson's x2 analysis for the comparison of categorical variables, continuous variable is compared using Student's t-test and for testing the correlation between the different variables and bivariate correlation analysis were applied. RESULTS: In the (EG) following WPS, we observed increase in the pulse rate--from 80 to 95 (t = 11.84, p Descriptors Links Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Elias,Wafa, Assy,Nimer, Elias,Ibrahim, Toledo,Tomer, Yassin,Mustafa, Bowirrat,Abdalla Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
US health policy related to hookah tobacco smoking	2012		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Am J Public Health Periodical, Abbrev. Am.J.Public Health Pub Date Free Form Volume 102 Issue 9 Start Page e47 Other Pages 51 Notes ID: 22827447 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract OBJECTIVES: Although US cigarette smoking is decreasing, hookah tobacco smoking (HTS) is an emerging trend associated with substantial toxicant exposure. We assessed how a representative sample of US tobacco control policies may apply to HTS. METHODS: We examined municipal, county, and state legal texts applying to the 100 largest US cities. We developed a summary policy variable that distinguished among cities on the basis of how current tobacco control policies may apply to HTS and used multinomial logistic regression to determine associations between community-level sociodemographic variables and the policy outcome variable. RESULTS: Although 73 of the 100 largest US cities have laws that disallow cigarette smoking in bars, 69 of these cities have exemptions that allow HTS; 4 of the 69 have passed legislation specifically exempting HTS, and 65 may permit HTS via generic tobacco retail establishment exemptions. Cities in which HTS may be exempted had denser populations than cities without clean air legislation. CONCLUSIONS: Although three fourths of the largest US cities disallow cigarette smoking in bars, nearly 90% of these cities may permit HTS via exemptions. Closing this gap in clean air regulation may significantly reduce exposure to HTS. Descriptors Links http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3482044/?tool=pubmed Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Primack,Brian A., Hopkins,Maggie, Hallett,Cynthia, Carroll,Mary V., Zeller,Mitchell, Dachille,Kathleen, Kim,Kevin H., Fine,Michael J., Donohue,Julie M. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Hookah use: going down in smoke	2012		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full J Addict Nurs Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 23 Issue 2 Start Page 112 Other Pages 5 Notes ID: 22471780 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract This article provides a review of tobacco smoking using a hookah, an emerging threat to public health, especially among young adults. Knowledge deficits persist in regards to this form of smoking, because many perceive it as less harmful than cigarette smoking and little research is available. Knowledge about hookah smoking can be instrumental in guiding health professionals to address this practice with their clients and in their communities. A failure to address all tobacco products as unique, individual entities undermines any success in public policy efforts to control tobacco use. Descriptors Links http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10884602.2012.669417 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Shishani,Kawkab, Roll,John, Armstrong,Merry Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Carbon monoxide poisoning secondary to hookah smoking	2012		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full J Am Osteopath Assoc Periodical, Abbrev. J.Am.Osteopath.Assoc. Pub Date Free Form Volume 112 Issue 10 Start Page 686 Other Pages 8 Notes ID: 23055468 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Hookah smoking, at one time confined to North Africa, the eastern Mediterranean region, the Arabian peninsula, and Southeast Asia, has begun to spread throughout the world. As some practices of eastern and Arab cultures reach the United States, the number of people using hookah on an experimental or regular basis has increased. Carbon monoxide poisoning can be a common adverse effect, possibly undetected by physicians, in hookah smokers. The authors report a case of carbon monoxide poisoning secondary to smoking tobacco through a hookah. Descriptors Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-23055468 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Ashurst,John V., Urquhart,Megan, Cook,Matthew D. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Inhaling smoke causes smoke inhalation: put that in your hookah pipe!	2012		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full CJEM Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 14 Issue 1 Start Page 3 Other Pages 4 Notes ID: 22417949 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-22417949 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Sivilotti,Marco L.A., Abu-Laban, Riyad Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Prevention and sporadic carbon monoxide poisoning related to shisha (hookah, narghile) tobacco smoking	2012		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full J Emerg Med Periodical, Abbrev. J.Emerg.Med. Pub Date Free Form Volume 42 Issue 1 Start Page 65 Other Pages 6 Notes ID: 20133102 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.11.027 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Chaouachi,Kamal Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Happy hookah hour	2012		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Curr Opin Pulm Med Periodical, Abbrev. Curr.Opin.Pulm.Med. Pub Date Free Form Volume 18 Issue 2 Start Page 95 Other Pages 6 Notes ID: 22234276 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MCP.0b013e328350266d Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Varkey,Basil Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors

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