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Waterpipe (narghile) smoking among medical and non-medical university students in Turkey	2010	Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Department of Public Health, Kayseri, Turkey.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Upsala journal of medical sciences Periodical, Abbrev. Ups.J.Med.Sci. Pub Date Free Form Aug Volume 115 Issue 3 Start Page 210 Other Pages 216 Notes LR: 20141203; JID: 0332203; OID: NLM: PMC2939523; ppublish Place of Publication England ISSN/ISBN 2000-1967; 0300-9734 Accession Number PMID: 20636256 Language eng SubFile Comparative Study; Journal Article; IM DOI 10.3109/03009734.2010.487164 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 20636256 Abstract OBJECTIVES: This investigation was performed in order to determine the prevalence rate of waterpipe smoking in students of Erciyes University and the effects of some socio-demographic factors. METHODS: A total of 645 students who study the first three grades of the medical faculty and the engineering faculty of Erciyes University were enrolled in the study. A questionnaire including 48 questions was applied. Chi-square test and logistic regression method were performed for the statistical analyses. RESULTS: The total prevalence rate of waterpipe smoking was found to be 32.7%. The prevalence rate of waterpipe smoking was 28.6% in the medical and 37.5% in the non-medical students. It was determined that 41.6% of the males and 20.2% of the females currently smoke waterpipe. Gender, cigarette smoking, and the presence of waterpipe smokers among family members and friends have significant effects on the prevalence of waterpipe smoking. Residence and economical status of the family and with whom the students live have no significant effect on the prevalence rate. CONCLUSIONS: Approximately one-third of the students currently smoke waterpipe. Smoking of both cigarette and waterpipe was frequently found. The measures against all tobacco products should be combined. Descriptors Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Smoking/epidemiology, Students, Students, Medical, Turkey/epidemiology, Universities Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Poyrazoglu,S., Sarli,S., Gencer,Z., Gunay,O. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID PMC2939523 Editors
Lessons from the recent case of CO poisoning due to shisha (hookah, narghile) tobacco smoking in Singapore	2010		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Int J Emerg Med Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 3 Issue 1 Start Page 67 Other Pages 8 Notes ID: 20414388 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Links http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2850973/?tool=pubmed; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12245-009-0139-2 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Chaouachi,Kamal Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Health warning labelling practices on narghile (shisha, hookah) waterpipe tobacco products and related accessories	2010	Health Behavior and Education Department, Center for Research on Population and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, PO, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon. rima.nakkash@aub.edu.lb	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Tobacco control Periodical, Abbrev. Tob.Control Pub Date Free Form Jun Volume 19 Issue 3 Start Page 235 Other Pages 239 Notes LR: 20141203; JID: 9209612; OID: NLM: PMC2989164; ppublish Place of Publication England ISSN/ISBN 1468-3318; 0964-4563 Accession Number PMID: 20501497 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; IM DOI 10.1136/tc.2009.031773 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 20501497 Abstract BACKGROUND: Waterpipe tobacco smoking prevalence is increasing around the globe despite current evidence that smoke emissions are toxic and contain carcinogenic compounds. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate current health warning labelling practices on waterpipe tobacco products and related accessories. METHODS: All waterpipe tobacco products, as well as waterpipe accessories, were purchased from Lebanon and a convenience sample was obtained from Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Bahrain, Canada, Germany and South Africa. FINDINGS: Of the total number of waterpipe tobacco products collected from Lebanon, the majority had textual health warning labels covering on average only 3.5% of total surface area of the package. Misleading descriptors were commonplace on waterpipe tobacco packages and related accessories. CONCLUSIONS: There are no WHO FCTC compliant waterpipe-specific health warning labels on waterpipe tobacco products and related accessories. Introducing health warnings on waterpipe tobacco products and accessories will probably have worldwide public health benefits. Descriptors Global Health, Health Promotion/methods, Humans, Inhalation Exposure/adverse effects/prevention & control, Product Labeling, Smoking/adverse effects/prevention & control Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Nakkash,R., Khalil,J. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID PMC2989164 Editors
Comparison of carcinogen, carbon monoxide, and ultrafine particle emissions from narghile waterpipe and cigarette smoking: Sidestream smoke measurements and assessment of second-hand smoke emission factors	2010	Aerosol Research Lab, Mechanical Engineering Department, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Atmospheric environment (Oxford, England : 1994) Periodical, Abbrev. Atmos.Environ.(1994) Pub Date Free Form 1-Jan Volume 44 Issue 1 Start Page 8 Other Pages 14 Notes GR: R01 CA120142/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01 CA120142-02/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; JID: 9888534; NIHMS155344; ppublish Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1352-2310; 1352-2310 Accession Number PMID: 20161525 Language ENG SubFile JOURNAL ARTICLE DOI 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.10.004 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 20161525 Abstract The lack of scientific evidence on the constituents, properties, and health effects of second-hand waterpipe smoke has fueled controversy over whether public smoking bans should include the waterpipe. The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare emissions of ultrafine particles (UFP, <100 nm), carcinogenic polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), volatile aldehydes, and carbon monoxide (CO) for cigarettes and narghile (shisha, hookah) waterpipes. These smoke constituents are associated with a variety of cancers, and heart and pulmonary diseases, and span the volatility range found in tobacco smoke.Sidestream cigarette and waterpipe smoke was captured and aged in a 1 m(3) Teflon-coated chamber operating at 1.5 air changes per hour (ACH). The chamber was characterized for particle mass and number surface deposition rates. UFP and CO concentrations were measured online using a fast particle spectrometer (TSI 3090 Engine Exhaust Particle Sizer), and an indoor air quality monitor. Particulate PAH and gaseous volatile aldehydes were captured on glass fiber filters and DNPH-coated SPE cartridges, respectively, and analyzed off-line using GC-MS and HPLC-MS. PAH compounds quantified were the 5- and 6-ring compounds of the EPA priority list. Measured aldehydes consisted of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein, methacrolein, and propionaldehyde.We found that a single waterpipe use session emits in the sidestream smoke approximately four times the carcinogenic PAH, four times the volatile aldehydes, and 30 times the CO of a single cigarette. Accounting for exhaled mainstream smoke, and given a habitual smoker smoking rate of 2 cigarettes per hour, during a typical one-hour waterpipe use session a waterpipe smoker likely generates ambient carcinogens and toxicants equivalent to 2-10 cigarette smokers, depending on the compound in question. There is therefore good reason to include waterpipe tobacco smoking in public smoking bans. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Daher,N., Saleh,R., Jaroudi,E., Sheheitli,H., Badr,T., Sepetdjian,E., Al Rashidi,M., Saliba,N., Shihadeh,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID PMC2801144 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
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, "water pipe") indoor air contamination in German unrealistic experiment. Serious methodological biases and ethical concern	2010		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Food Chem Toxicol Periodical, Abbrev. Food Chem.Toxicol. Pub Date Free Form Volume 48 Issue 3 Start Page 992 Other Pages 5; author reply 996-7 Notes ID: 20109513 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Air Pollution, Indoor/analysis, Ethics, Research, Research Design, Tobacco Smoke Pollution/analysis, Charcoal/chemistry, Humans, Publication Bias, Social Environment, Tobacco/chemistry, Ventilation, Water/chemistry Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2010.01.020 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Chaouachi,Kamal Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Indoor air contamination during a waterpipe (narghile) smoking session	2009	Department of Environmental Health, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinarstrasse 2, D-85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany. hermann.fromme@lgl.bayern.de	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association Periodical, Abbrev. Food Chem.Toxicol. Pub Date Free Form Jul Volume 47 Issue 7 Start Page 1636 Other Pages 1641 Notes LR: 20131121; JID: 8207483; 0 (Gases); 0 (Metals); 0 (Nitrogen Oxides); 0 (Particulate Matter); 0 (Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic); 0 (Smoke); 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution); 7U1EE4V452 (Carbon Monoxide); CIN: Food Chem Toxicol. 2010 Mar;48(3):992-5; auth Place of Publication England ISSN/ISBN 1873-6351; 0278-6915 Accession Number PMID: 19394392 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; IM DOI 10.1016/j.fct.2009.04.017 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 19394392 Abstract The smoke of waterpipe contains numerous substances of health concern, but people mistakenly believe that this smoking method is less harmful and addictive than cigarettes. An experiment was performed in a 57 m3 room on two dates with no smoking on the first date and waterpipe smoking for 4h on the second date. We measured volatile organic compounds (VOC), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), metals, carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (e.g. NO), as well as particle mass (PM), particle number concentration (PNC) and particle surface area in indoor air. High concentrations were observed for the target analytes during the 4-h smoking event. The median (90th percentile) values of PM(2.5), PNC, CO and NO were 393 (737 microg/m(3)), 289,000 (550,000 particles/cm(3)), 51 (65 ppm) and 0.11 (0.13 ppm), respectively. The particle size distribution has a maximum of particles relating to a diameter of 17 nm. The seven carcinogenic PAH were found to be a factor 2.6 higher during the smoking session compared to the control day. In conclusion, the observed indoor air contamination of different harmful substances during a WP session is high, and exposure may pose a health risk for smokers but in particular for non-smokers who are exposed to ETS. Descriptors Carbon Monoxide/analysis, Gases/analysis, Metals/analysis, Nitrogen Oxides/analysis, Particle Size, Particulate Matter/analysis, Pilot Projects, Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic/analysis, Smoke/analysis, Smoking/adverse effects, Tobacco, Tobacco Smoke Pollution/analysis Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Fromme,H., Dietrich,S., Heitmann,D., Dressel,H., Diemer,J., Schulz,T., Jorres,R. A., Berlin,K., Volkel,W. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20090424 PMCID Editors
Qalyan, Narghile, Shisha and pregnant women's exposure to passive smoking in Iran	2009		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Med Princ Pract Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 18 Issue 5 Start Page 425; author reply 425 Other Pages 6 Notes ID: 19648770 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Smoking/adverse effects, Tobacco Smoke Pollution/adverse effects, Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Humans, Iran/epidemiology, Pregnancy, Prevalence, Tobacco Smoke Pollution/statistics & numerical data Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000226301 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Chaouachi,Kamal Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
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

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