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The pharmacological effect of fractions obtained by smoking cannabis through a water-pipe. II. A second fractionation step	1980	Dept. Biol. Chem., Med. Sch., Univ. Athens	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Experientia Periodical, Abbrev. Experientia Pub Date Free Form 1980/ Volume 36 Issue 12 Start Page 1407 Other Pages 1408 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0014-4754 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The catatonic activity, prolongation of phenobarbital sleeping-time, convulsant action and disruption of nest building activity were assessed in mice subjected to 4 cannabis pyrolysis products and their tobacco analogues. All but one of the cannabis fractions prolonged the pentobarbital sleeping-time and disrupted the nest-building activity of mice in a way not related to their content in the main cannabinoids. Nest-building activity seems to be the most valid assay we have used so far. Descriptors cannabinol derivative, cannabis, phenobarbital, phenytoin, placebo, tetrahydrocannabinol, animal experiment, behavior, catatonia, central nervous system, convulsion, drug screening, mouse, sleep time, epanutin Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Lazaratou,H., Moschovakis,A., Armaganidis,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Occupational allergic contact dermatitis in water-pipe renovators from diethylenetriamine in an epoxy resin system	1999	Reed, J., Department of Dermatology, Amersham Hospital, Amersham HP7 0JD, United Kingdom	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Contact dermatitis Periodical, Abbrev. Contact Dermatitis Pub Date Free Form 1999/ Volume 41 Issue 5 Start Page 297 Other Pages Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0105-1873 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors diethylenetriamine, epoxy resin, nitrile, adult, article, case report, cleaning, human, male, occupational eczema, patch test, skin allergy, water management Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Reed,J., Shaw,S. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
effect of meassel water-pipe smoking versus cigarette smoking on pulmonary arterial pressure and left ventricular and right ventricular function indices in COPD patients, an echodoppler study	2000		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Scientific Journal of Al-Azhar Medical Faculty Girls] The] Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 21 Issue 1 Start Page 649 Other Pages 686 Notes ID: 63456 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language english SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract This study included 165 COPD heavy smoker patients with a mean age of 59.9 +/- 8.9 year referred for echo Doppler and cardiac assessment. They were divided according to their type of smoked material into three groups; cigarette smoker group, meassel water-pipe smoker group and cigarette and water-pipe smoker group. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of echo Doppler abnormalities in those patients looking for any specific pattern induced by meassel. The results have shown that the common effects of the whole smoker groups when compared to the non-smoker group were as follows: Severe reduction in FEV 1/FVC%, arterial pO2 reduction, left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, right ventricular diastolic dysfunction, impaired index of global right ventricular function, decreased pulmonary acceleration time and right ventricular enlargement. However, water-pipe smoker group if compared to cigarette smoker group showed more aggressive pulmonary obstruction, more degree of pulmonary hypertension, more right ventricular enlargement and more deterioration of right ventricular global function index. In conclusion, the hazards of heavy water-pipe meassel smoking on echo Doppler, FEV1/FVC% and arterial blood gases indices are not only similar to those of heavy cigarette smoking but also it cause more respiratory obstruction, more pulmonary hypertension and more deleterious effect on right ventricular size and global function Descriptors Humans, Male, Female, Smoking/physiology, Lung Diseases, Obstructive, Pulmonary Heart Disease, Respiratory Function Tests, Blood Gas Analysis, Echocardiography, Pulmonary Emphysema Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/emro-63456 Book Title Database GHL; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Mazen,Adel Ahmed, Oraby,Sabah Saad Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Water-pipe smoking and pulmonary functions	2000	Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Chest Department, Izmir, Turkey. kiter@superonline.com	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Respiratory medicine Periodical, Abbrev. Respir.Med. Pub Date Free Form Sep Volume 94 Issue 9 Start Page 891 Other Pages 894 Notes LR: 20041117; JID: 8908438; ppublish Place of Publication ENGLAND ISSN/ISBN 0954-6111; 0954-6111 Accession Number PMID: 11001082 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; IM DOI S0954-6111(00)90859-X [pii] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 11001082 Abstract Water-pipe smoking is a type of smoking habit, widely encountered in Turkey and Arabic and Middle East countries. However there is limited data about the effects of water-pipe smoking. The aim of this study is to investigate this habit with regard to the duration and amount of smoking and to analyse its characteristics and effects on pulmonary function by the correlation of the results with those of cigarette smokers and non-smokers. All cafes in Izmir city were visited for this purpose. A total of 397 males were studied in four groups: water-pipe smokers, water-pipe smokers who used to smoke cigarettes, active cigarette smokers and non-smokers. After recording a detailed history of smoking, pulmonary function tests on each person were performed. There were statistically significant differences between cigarette smokers and non-smokers within most of the parameters. The results of recent study have shown that the detrimental effects on pulmonary function of water-pipe smoking are not as great as cigarette smoking (FEV1, FEV1/FVC parameters were higher in water-pipe smokers), especially on the parameters for small airways (FEF50, MMEF parameters were higher in water-pipe smokers) (P < 0.05). It is difficult to explain the reasons exactly without estimating possible mechanisms in detail, but the most likely mechanisms arise from the smoking technique itself which involves a water filter and a long spout through which the smoke passes before reaching the lungs. Descriptors Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Case-Control Studies, Forced Expiratory Volume/physiology, Humans, Life Style, Lung Diseases, Obstructive/etiology/physiopathology, Male, Middle Aged, Respiratory Function Tests, Smoking/adverse effects/physiopathology, Turkey, Vital Capacity/physiology Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Kiter,G., Ucan,E. S., Ceylan,E., Kilinc,O. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
[Water-pipe tobacco smoking among school children in Israel: frequencies, habits, and attitudes]	2003		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Harefuah Periodical, Abbrev. Harefuah Pub Date Free Form Volume 142 Issue 11 Start Page 736 Other Pages 41, 807 Notes ID: 14631902 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language he SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract BACKGROUND: Tobacco smoking via a water-pipe (Nargile) is a new phenomena among school children in Israel in recent years. Water-pipe tobacco has the potential for nicotine addiction, for other smoking-related damages and for drug abuse. GOALS: Our primary goal was to characterize the frequencies of water-pipe smoking among school children in Israel, its distribution according to age, gender, habits and attitudes. The secondary goal was to compare its use to cigarette smoking among these school children. METHODS: A self-reported questionnaire was distributed among 388 school children (ages 12-18 years old) in grades A, and C, of middle schools and grade B of high schools in a central region of Israel. The questionnaires were answered unanimously and the process was conducted in classes by the school teacher and by nursing school students. RESULTS: Among all school children in this study, 41% smoke a water-pipe at various frequencies. Of all the children, 22% smoke at least every weekend. Water-pipe smoking was 3 times more frequent than cigarette smoking and was almost equally distributed among both genders, but girls were heavier smokers than boys, of either water pipe or cigarette smoking. Six percent of water-pipe smokers add psychoactive drugs or alcohol to the tobacco. The main reasons for water-pipe smoking were the pleasure achieved and the intimacy that it adds to the youngsters' meetings. Ninety percent of all the school children believe that water-pipe smoking is not healthy, but at least 50% believes it is less harmful than cigarettes. According to school children that smoke water-pipes at least every weekend, 40% of their parents are current or ex-smokers of water-pipes, in contrast with 10% of parents to non-smoking children and about a quarter of the children who smoke also do so together with their parents. CONCLUSIONS: Tobacco smoking via water-pipes is a very common phenomena among middle and high school children in Israel. Girls are heavier smokers and adding drugs or alcohol to water-pipe tobacco is a fact. School children and their parents perceive that tobacco smoking via water-pipe is much safer than cigarette smoking. These alarming findings call upon the need for aggressive intervention by the Ministries of Education and Health, as well as the Anti-Drug Authority. More rigorous efforts should be implemented in terms of education and dissemination of the data regarding known hazards among schoolteachers, parents and school children. Further research is also necessary in order to prevent other ominous and camouflaged modalities of nicotine addiction at an early age. Descriptors Smoking/epidemiology, Adolescent, Attitude to Health, Child, Female, Health Education, Humans, Incidence, Israel/epidemiology, Male, Nicotine, Sex Characteristics, Students, Nursing, Substance-Related Disorders/epidemiology, Substance-Related Disorders/prevention & control, Questionnaires, Water Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-14631902 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Varsano,Shabtai, Ganz,Irit, Eldor,Naomi, Garenkin,Mila Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Towards a topographical model of narghile water-pipe cafÃ© smoking: A pilot study in a high socioeconomic status neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon	2004	Shihadeh, A., Department of Mechanical Engineering, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El S., Beirut, Lebanon	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior Periodical, Abbrev. Pharmacol.Biochem.Behav. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 79 Issue 1 Start Page 75 Other Pages 82 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0091-3057 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract A pilot study of narghile water-pipe smokers in a cafe in the Hamra neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, was conducted to develop a preliminary model of narghile water-pipe smoking behavior for use in laboratory smoking machine studies. The model is based on data gathered from smoking sessions of 30 min or longer duration from 52 smoker volunteers using a differential pressure puff topography instrument, as well as anonymous visual observations of 56 smokers in the same cafe. Results showed that the "average" water-pipe cafe smoking session consists of one hundred seventy-one 530-ml puffs of 2.6-s duration at a frequency of 2.8 puffs/min. The implications of this comparatively high-intensity puffing regimen on the production of toxic smoke constituents are discussed. Â© 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Descriptors adult, article, behavior, comparative study, female, human, devices, laboratory, Lebanon, male, pilot study, priority journal, smoking, social status, topography Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Shihadeh,A., Azar,S., Antonios,C., Haddad,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Water-pipe smoking effects on pulmonary permeability using technetium-99m DTPA inhalation scintigraphy	2004	Aydin, A., Dokuz Eylul Univ. School of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, 35340 Inciralti/Izumir, Turkey	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Annals of Nuclear Medicine Periodical, Abbrev. Ann.Nucl.Med. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 18 Issue 4 Start Page 285 Other Pages 289 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0914-7187 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Objective: Although extensive work has been done on cigarette smoking and its effects on pulmonary function, there are limited number of studies on water-pipe smoking. The effects of water-pipe smoking on health are not widely investigated. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of water-pipe smoking on pulmonary permeability. Methods: Technetium-99m DTPA inhalation scintigraphy was performed on 14 water-pipe smoker volunteers (all men, mean age 53.7 Â± 9.8) and 11 passive smoker volunteers (1 woman, 10 men, mean age 43.8 Â± 12). Clearance half-time (T 1/2) was calculated by placing a monoexponential fit on the time activity curves. Penetration index (PI) of the radioaerosol was also calculated. Results: PI was 0.58 Â± 0.14 and 0.50 Â± 0.12 for water-pipe smokers (WPS) and passive smokers (PS) respectively. T 1/2 of peripheral lung was 57.3 Â± 12.7 and 64.6 Â± 13.2 min, central airways was 55.8 Â± 23.5 and 80.1 Â± 35.2 min for WPS and PS, respectively (p â‰¤ 0.05). FEV1/FVC% was 82.1 Â± 8.5 (%) and 87.7 Â± 6.5 (%) for WPS and PS, respectively (0.025 < p â‰¤ 0.05). Conclusions: We suggest that water-pipe smoking effects pulmonary epithelial permeability more than passive smoking. Increased central mucociliary clearance in water-pipe smoking may be due to preserved humidity of the airway tracts. Descriptors pentetate technetium tc 99m, adult, aerosol, article, calculation, smoking, controlled study, drug clearance, female, human, human experiment, humidity, inhalation scintigraphy, lung function, male, mucociliary clearance, normal human, passive smoking, permeability, priority journal, respiratory system, scintigraphy Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Aydin,A., Kiter,G., Durak,H., Ucan,E. S., Kaya,G. C., Ceylan,E. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Occupational allergic contact dermatitis in water-pipe renovators from diethylenetriamine in an epoxy resin system	2005		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Contact dermatitis Periodical, Abbrev. Contact Derm. Pub Date Free Form Volume 41 Issue 5 Start Page 297; 83; 11 Other Pages 297; 83; 11 Notes ID: 10554072; ID: i9290215691; ID: i9241593857 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en; en; en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Dermatitis, Allergic Contact/etiology, Dermatitis, Occupational/etiology, Epoxy Resins/adverse effects, Polyamines/adverse effects, Adult, Dermatitis, Allergic Contact/diagnosis, Dermatitis, Occupational/diagnosis, Hand Dermatoses/diagnosis, Hand Dermatoses/etiology, Humans, Male, Smoking/epidemiology, Smoking, Health Surveys, Tobacco/adverse effects, Smoking/adverse effects, Tobacco/toxicity, Tobacco Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-10554072; http://whqlibdoc.who.int/emro/2006/9789290215691_eng.pdf; http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/who-i9241593857 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/; WHOLIS; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/; WHOLIS; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Reed,J., Shaw,S., Mohamed,Mostafa K., Loffredo,Christopher A., Israel,Ebenezer, El Setouhy,Maged, WHO Study Group on Tobacco,Product Regulation Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Water-pipe (narghile) smoking: an emerging health risk behavior	2005		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Pediatrics Periodical, Abbrev. Pediatrics Pub Date Free Form Volume 116 Issue 1 Start Page e113 Other Pages 9 Notes ID: 15995011 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Narghile, or water-pipe smoking (WPS), has been practiced extensively for approximately 400 years. It is common in the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey, India, Pakistan, and other countries. In recent years, there has been a revival of WPS, notably among youth. Most US health professionals are unfamiliar with the practice and health consequences of WPS. Therefore, this trend presents a new challenge for adolescent health care providers. The composition of the tobacco used in WPS is variable and not well standardized. Studies that have examined narghile smokers and the aerosol of narghile smoke have reported high concentrations of carbon monoxide, nicotine, "tar," and heavy metals. These concentrations were as high or higher than those among cigarette smokers. The few scientific data regarding the adverse health consequences of WPS point to dangers that are similar to those associated with cigarette smoking: malignancy, impaired pulmonary function, low birth weight, and others. Additional dangers not encountered with cigarette smoking are infectious diseases resulting from pipe sharing and the frequent addition of alcohol or psychoactive drugs to the tobacco. Public health strategies for controlling the emerging epidemic of WPS include carrying out epidemiologic and toxicologic research; implementation of laws to limit acquisition and use; and health education, targeting adolescents in particular. Descriptors Smoking/adverse effects, Tobacco/chemistry, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Adult, Asia, Western/epidemiology, Female, Humans, Male, Middle East/epidemiology, Smoke/analysis, Smoking/epidemiology Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-15995011 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Knishkowy,Barry, Amitai,Yona Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Water-pipe smoking: A threat never realized	2006	Jawaid, A., Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Periodical, Abbrev. J.Pak.Med.Assoc. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 56 Issue 7 Start Page 341 Other Pages 342 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0030-9982 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors carbon dioxide, nicotine, smoking, disease association, health hazard, human, letter, prevalence, rural population, smoking and smoking related phenomena, socioeconomics, tobacco dependence, urban area, water pipe smoking Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Jawaid,A., Aftab,O. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors

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