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Histopathologic changes in oral mucosa of Yemenis addicted to water-pipe and cigarette smoking in addition to takhzeen al-qat	2007	Ali, A.A., Department of Biomedical Dental Sciences. Unit of Oral Pathology and Medicine, King Faisal University College of Dentistry, Dammam, Saudi Arabia	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics Periodical, Abbrev. Oral Surg.Oral Med.Oral Pathol.Oral Radiol.Endod. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 103 Issue 3 Start Page e55; e59 Other Pages e55; e59 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1079-2104 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Background: Because the clinicopathologic effects of takhzeen al-qat are similar to those induced by smoking, the aim of this paper was to study the oral effect of 3 bad oral habits: takhzeen al-qat and cigarette and water-pipe smoking. Study design: This study was done on 33 Yemeni chronic qat users grouped as heavy cigarette smokers (GI), nonsmokers (GII) and water-pipe smokers (GIII). In all cases (n = 33) 2 biopsies were taken (n = 66), one from the buccal mucosa at the chewing side and the other from a similar mucosa at the contralateral (nonexposed) side. Biopsies were prepared for routine H&E staining. Results: Acanthosis appeared in 88% and 0%, abnormal rete ridges in 70% and 3%, hyperparakeratosis in 67% and 0%, and epithelial dysplasia in 30% and 0% of the chewing and nonchewing sides, respectively, in the 3 groups. Epithelial dysplasia appeared in 41% of GI and GIII (smokers) but in only 9% of GII (nonsmokers). Conclusions: Takhzeen al-qat causes distinct histopathologic changes in the oral mucosa at the side of chewing, such as acanthosis, abnormal rete ridges, and hyperparakeratosis. The association between takhzeen al-qat and cigarette or water-pipe smoking may increase the risk of epithelial dysplasia. Â© 2007 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved. Descriptors adult, article, Catha edulis, female, human, male, melanosis, middle aged, mouth disease, mouth mucosa, parakeratosis, pathology, risk, risk factor, smoking, Yemen Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Ali,A. A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
The short-term effect of water-pipe smoking on the baroreflex control of heart rate in normotensives	2006		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Auton Neurosci Periodical, Abbrev. Auton.Neurosci. Pub Date Free Form Volume 126-127 Issue Start Page 146 Other Pages 9 Notes ID: 16716761 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract UNLABELLED: The aim of this study is to analyse the acute effect of water-pipe smoking on heart rate, blood pressure and the baroreflex control of heart rate. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Non-invasive continuous methods were used for investigating inter-beat interval (IBI; ms), systolic blood pressure (SBP; mm Hg), diastolic blood pressure (DBP; mm Hg), pulse pressure (PP; mm Hg), mean blood pressure (MBP; mm Hg); baroreflex sensitivity in ms/mm Hg (BRS) and baroreflex sensitivity in Hz/mm Hg (BRSf), were determined by spectral analysis, in 20 normotensive volunteers age of 27+/-6 years (mean+/-S.D.) who served as their own control. The measurements were taken twice. The first measurement was taken before the water-pipe smoking session (this is after >12 h of smoking cessation with a complete stopping of alcohol, coffee or tea consumption). The second measurement was taken during a 5 min period immediately after that session. (In the smoking session the volunteer smokes 5 g Maassel (fruit flavoured tobacco) for a period of 45 min). RESULTS: The inter-beat interval decreased (846+/-100 to 709+/-109 ms, p=0.0003), SBP increased (110+/-13 to 123+/-12 mm Hg, p=0.004), DBP increased (67+/-11 to 81+/-11 mm Hg, p=0.0002), PP decreased (43+/-10 to 41+/-9 mm Hg, p=0.46 ns), MBP increased (82+/-10 to 95+/-11 mm Hg, p=0.0001), BRS decreased (9.16+/-4 to 5.67+/-3 ms/mm Hg, p=0.003) and BRSf (0.013+/-0.005 to 0.011+/-0.004 Hz/mm Hg, p=0.3 ns). CONCLUSIONS: Water-pipe smoking induced a high increase in heart rate, SBP, DBP, MBP and markedly impaired BRS. All of those markers are known as risk factors in cardiovascular diseases, hence it is concluded that water-pipe smoking is not as harmless as is thought. Descriptors Baroreflex/physiology, Heart Rate/physiology, Smoking/physiopathology, Adult, Baroreflex/drug effects, Blood Pressure/physiology, Heart Rate/drug effects, Humans, Male, Statistics, Nonparametric Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-16716761 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Al-Kubati,M., Al-Kubati,A., al'Absi,M., Fiser,B. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
The effects of water-pipe, cigarette and passive smoking on mucociliary clearance	2006	KÃ¶seoÇ§lu, N., TaÅŸkent, 35040 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Tuberkuloz ve Toraks Periodical, Abbrev. Tuberk.Toraks Pub Date Free Form 2006/ Volume 54 Issue 3 Start Page 222 Other Pages 228 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0494-1373 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract We aimed to determine the effects of water-pipe smoking on lung mucociliary clearance system using radioaerosol ventilation scintigraphy and compare with cigarette and passive smoking and determine the level of exposure to tobacco smoke by measuring urinary cotinine in each group. Volunteer water-pipe only and cigarette only smokers from various cafÃ©s in Izmir city and passive smokers as control group were included in the study after exclusion and inclusion criteria. The ages, type of smoking, duration and daily amount of tobacco smoked and the medical histories of the volunteers were noted down. The pulmonary function tests (PFT), technetium-99m inhalation scintigraphy and urinary cotinine measurement with enzyme immunassay (EIA) and were performed for each participant. Twenty water-pipe smokers, 23 cigarette smokers and 15 passive smokers were included into the study. There were no statistically significant differences among the mean ages, BMI and PFT parameters of all participants in study and control groups. Mucociliary clearance rates in terms of retention ratio after 1 hour and radioactivity half-life for each lung was lowest in the water-pipe smokers compared to others. Mucociliary clearance rate also decreased in the cigarette smokers compared to passive smokers. The differences in the mucociliary clearance rates among groups were statistically significant (p< 0.05). Urinary cotinine levels were highest in the cigarette smokers and higher in water-pipe smokers compared to passive smokers as statistically significant. As a conclusion mucociliary clearance rates decrease with tobacco smoking, being more prominent in water-pipe smokers in our study. Descriptors cotinine, technetium 99m, article, body mass, controlled study, enzyme immunoassay, human, lung function test, mucociliary clearance, passive smoking, scintigraphy, urinalysis Links Book Title Nargile, sigara ve pasif iÃ§iciliÇ§in mukosiliyer klerens Ã¼zerindeki etkileri Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors KÃ¶seoÇ§lu,N., Aydin,A., UÃ§an,E. S., Ceylan,E., EminoÇ§lu,Ã–., Durak,H., GÃ¼ven,H. 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
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
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
[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
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

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