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Harm reduction techniques for hookah (shisha, narghile, "water pipe") smoking of tobacco based products	2009		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Med Hypotheses Periodical, Abbrev. Med.Hypotheses Pub Date Free Form Volume 73 Issue 4 Start Page 623 Other Pages 4 Notes ID: 19628335 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Evidence-Based Medicine/trends, Harm Reduction, Smoking Cessation/methods, Smoking/prevention & control, Humans Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2009.06.016 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Chaouachi,Kamal Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
High prevalence of hookah smoking among secondary school students in a disadvantaged community in Johannesburg	2010		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full S Afr Med J Periodical, Abbrev. S.Afr.Med.J. Pub Date Free Form Volume 100 Issue 5 Start Page 297 Other Pages 9 Notes ID: 20460022 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Smoking/epidemiology, Adolescent, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Poverty Areas, Prevalence, South Africa/epidemiology, Young Adult Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-20460022 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Combrink,A., Irwin,N., Laudin,G., Naidoo,K., Plagerson,S., Mathee,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Do household smoking behaviors constitute a risk factor for hookah use?	2011		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Nicotine Tob Res Periodical, Abbrev. Nicotine Tob.Res. Pub Date Free Form Volume 13 Issue 5 Start Page 384 Other Pages 8 Notes ID: 21330269 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract INTRODUCTION: Much research has focused on the role played by families in cigarette smoking behavior. However, there is a lack of such research for hookah (waterpipe) smoking. This study focuses on the role of family members' hookah smoking behaviors as a possible risk factor for hookah smoking. METHODS: Eight hundred and one adults in southeast Michigan responded to an anonymous self-administered survey regarding personal and family members' hookah smoking behavior and perceptions of health risks related to hookah smoking. Multinomial logistic regression modeling was used to examine risk factors for hookah use. RESULTS: The prevalence of current hookah smoking in the study population was 26%. The odds ratio for an individual to smoke hookah were 9.5 (95% CI = 2.37-38.47, p < .01), 8.6 (95% CI = 3.92-19.02, p < .001), and 1.2 (95% CI = 1.14-1.41, p < .05) if the father, mother, or sibling, respectively, smoked hookah at home. Male gender and younger age were also significantly associated with hookah smoking. Household hookah smoking behaviors were also significant risk factors among former hookah smokers compared with nonsmokers, but there were no significant risk factors when comparing former hookah smokers with current hookah smokers. CONCLUSIONS: Having a father, mother, or sibling smoking hookah at home, male gender and younger age are significant risk factors for current hookah smoking. Descriptors Family/psychology, Smoking/psychology, Adult, Family Characteristics, Female, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, Michigan, Risk Factors, Smoking/adverse effects, Socioeconomic Factors, Young Adult Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntq249 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Jamil,Hikmet, Janisse,James, Elsouhag,Dalia, Fakhouri,Monty, Arnetz,Judith E., Arnetz,Bengt B. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Sociodemographic risk indicators of hookah smoking among White Americans: a pilot study	2010		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Nicotine Tob Res Periodical, Abbrev. Nicotine Tob.Res. Pub Date Free Form Volume 12 Issue 5 Start Page 525 Other Pages 9 Notes ID: 20308223 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract BACKGROUND: Despite the sustained public health efforts to decrease cigarette smoking, there is an increasing trend in the use of alternative tobacco products that are perceived by some as less harmful. One example is hookah smoking. This study aimed to assess hookah trends among White Americans. METHODS: Two hundred and forty-five White American adults residing in southeast Michigan answered a self-administered standardized questionnaire that included basic demographics, socioeconomic status, and questions related to hookah smoking behavior. Logistic regression was used to determine risk indicators for hookah smoking. RESULTS: The combined prevalence of hookah smoking in the White American study population was 19%, with 10% of the sample smoking hookah only and 9% smoking both hookah and cigarettes. Approximately 19% of respondents believed that smoking hookah was less harmful than smoking cigarettes. Significant risk indicators for smoking hookah were being younger than 22 years and living with a family member who used tobacco. DISCUSSION: In addition to reporting the prevalence of use in this important group of potential users, we outline important sociodemographic risk factors for hookah use in a non-Arab American population. More research is needed with a larger population to better understand this new tobacco trend in order to curb a new potential health threat. Descriptors European Continental Ancestry Group/psychology, European Continental Ancestry Group/statistics & numerical data, Smoking/epidemiology, Smoking/psychology, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Pilot Projects, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Smoking/ethnology, Social Class, Socioeconomic Factors, United States/epidemiology, Young Adult Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntq026 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Jamil,Hikmet, Elsouhag,Dalia, Hiller,Spencer, Arnetz,Judith E., Arnetz,Bengt B. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Hookah smoking.	2007	Gatrad, R., Manor Hospital, Walsall.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full BMJ (Clinical research ed.) Periodical, Abbrev. BMJ Pub Date Free Form / Volume 335 Issue 7609 Start Page 20 Other Pages Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1468-5833 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors article, equipment design, ethnology, human, legal aspect, sanitation, smoking, United Kingdom Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Gatrad,R., Gatrad,A., Sheikh,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Waterpipe (hookah) tobacco smoking among youth. Foreword	2011		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 41 Issue 2 Start Page 33 Other Pages 33 Notes ID: 21232692 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Smoking/epidemiology, Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Humans, Public Health, Risk Factors, United States/epidemiology Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cppeds.2010.10.019 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Etzel,Ruth A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Cancer risks of hookah (shisha, narghile) tobacco use require further independent sound studies	2010		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Int J Cancer Periodical, Abbrev. Int.J.Cancer Pub Date Free Form Volume 127 Issue 7 Start Page 1737 Other Pages 9; author reply 1739-40 Notes ID: 20091861 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Neoplasms/epidemiology, Smoking/adverse effects, Tobacco/adverse effects, Behavior, Humans, Lung Neoplasms/etiology, Metals, Heavy/toxicity, Reproducibility of Results, Risk Assessment, Smoke/analysis, Smoking/psychology, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/etiology, Water Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.25179 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Chaouachi,Kamal, Sajid,Khan Mohammad Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
hookah (shisha, narghile) and our teenagers in the USA and Europe	2003		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Generic Periodical, Full J Egypt Soc Parasitol Periodical, Abbrev. J.Pediatr.Health Care Pub Date Free Form Volume 22; 33 Issue 4; 3 Start Page 270; author reply 270; 1087 Other Pages 270; author reply 270; 101 Notes TY: JOUR; ID: 18590877; ID: 15119472 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en; en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract An interview survey was carried out in a rural village and two nearby schools in Qalyubia Governorate to assess the pattern of smoking and knowledge about religious ruling (Fatwa) and its impact on the quit attempts. Also, a similar survey was conducted in 6 Shisha cafÃ©s in Cairo. The results showed that the majority of respondents (81% among rural adults, 83.2% among Shisha cafÃ© patrons, 73.3% among rural youth and 81.4% among rural students) knew about the Fatwa on smoking. Higher proportions of all participants thought that smoking is a sin (97.3% among rural adults, 80.8% among Shisha cafÃ© patrons, 94.4% among rural youth and 98.4% among rural students). There was a significantly higher knowledge about Fatwa on smoking among men than women. This indicates a successful outreach program targeted mainly to men through mosques. Knowledge about Fatwa on smoking increased significantly with increased exposure to antismoking messages from religious leader. Knowledge about the Fatwa on smoking or belief that smoking is a sin had no significant effect on quit attempts. Our results point to the need for intensive efforts on the part of religious leaders to translate the current belief that smoking is a sin into quitting among smokers. Better results may be achieved through personal interactions in small groups rather than in mosque settings. Descriptors Smoking, Adolescent, Europe, Humans, United States, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Religion, Smoking/epidemiology, Adult, Child, Egypt/epidemiology, Female, Male, Restaurants, Rural Health, Smoking/prevention & control, Smoking Cessation Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2008.03.003; http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-15119472 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/; MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Chaouachi,Kamal, Radwan,Ghada N., Israel,Ebenezer, El-Setouhy,Maged, Abdel-Aziz,Fatma, Mikhail,Nabiel, Mohamed,Mostafa K. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Patterns of Alternative Tobacco Product Use: Emergence of Hookah and E-cigarettes as Preferred Products Amongst Youth	2016		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full J Adolesc Health Periodical, Abbrev. J.Adolesc.Health Pub Date Free Form Volume 58 Issue 2 Start Page 181 Other Pages 5 Notes ID: 26598059 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract PURPOSE: There is a growing public health concern related to the rapid increase in the use of multiple tobacco products among adolescents. This study examined patterns of adolescent use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars/cigarillo, hookah/waterpipe, and smokeless/dip/chewing tobacco in a population of southern California adolescents. METHODS: Data from 2,097 11th- and 12th-grade participants in the Southern California Children's Health Study were collected via self-report in 2014. Study participants were asked about lifetime and current (past 30 days) use of cigarettes, cigars/cigarillos/little cigars, e-cigarettes, hookah/waterpipe, and smokeless/dip/chewing tobacco. Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to identify patterns of tobacco use. RESULTS: Hookah/waterpipe tobacco use had the highest current prevalence (10.7%) followed by e-cigarettes (9.6%). The prevalence of use of smokeless/dip/chewing tobacco was lowest, with 2.2% of adolescents reporting current use. The LCA suggested four distinct classes, comprising nonusers (72.3% of the sample), polytobacco experimenters (13.9%), e-cigarette/hookah users (8.2%), and polytobacco users (5.6%). Multinomial logistic regression based on these four classes found that males had double the odds to be polytobacco users relative to nonusers compared to females (odds ratio, 2.3; 95% confidence interval, 1.26-4.25). CONCLUSIONS: By identifying naturally occurring configurations of tobacco product use in teens, these findings may be useful to practitioners and policymakers to identify the need for tobacco control interventions that address specific tobacco products and particular combinations of polytobacco use. LCA can be used to identify segments of the population overrepresented among certain tobacco use classes (e.g., boys) that may benefit most from targeted polyproduct intervention approaches. Descriptors Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.10.001 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Gilreath,Tamika D., Leventhal,Adam, Barrington-Trimis, Jessica, Unger,Jennifer B., Cruz,Tess Boley, Berhane,Kiros, Huh,Jimi, Urman,Robert, Wang,Kejia, Howland,Steve, Pentz,Mary Ann, Chou,Chih Ping, McConnell,Rob Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
A critique of recent hypotheses on oral (and lung) cancer induced by water pipe (hookah, shisha, narghile) tobacco smoking	2010		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Med Hypotheses Periodical, Abbrev. Med.Hypotheses Pub Date Free Form Volume 74 Issue 5 Start Page 843 Other Pages 6 Notes ID: 20036075 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The medical hypothesis that the mainstream smoke (the one inhaled by the user) from "water pipes" (mainly: shisha, hookah, narghile) causes oral cancer is certainly acceptable. However, most of the recent reviews on this issue, including an attempt to develop an hypothesis for hookah carcinogenesis, have not cited key references of the world available literature which, so far, generally do not support such an hypothesis. Besides, the proposal is biased since it is apparently an adaptation of the cigarette model whereas cigarette and hookah smokes are, chemically to start with, completely different. Furthermore, all water pipes, despite their striking varieties and the consequences on the chemical processes, are, according to the same cancer-hypothesis, considered as one. The reason is the use, in the cited mainstream literature, of a nominalism ("waterpipe", often in one word) which does not allow any distinction between devices. This critical article suggests to take into account all the peculiar characteristics into consideration in order to come up with another (or several other) carcinogenesis model(s). "Firmly believing] that water pipe smoking can provoke lung cancer as well as oral cancer", based on what may be seen as a rather reductionist view of the issue, is not enough. Descriptors Lung Neoplasms/etiology, Models, Biological, Mouth Neoplasms/etiology, Smoking/adverse effects, Humans, Review Literature as Topic Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2009.11.036 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Chaouachi,Kamal, Sajid,Khan Mohammad Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors

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