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The predictive utility of attitudes toward hookah tobacco smoking	2013	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Am J Health Behav Periodical, Abbrev. Am.J.Health Behav. Pub Date Free Form Volume 37 Issue 4 Start Page 433 Other Pages 9 Notes ID: 23985224 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract OBJECTIVE: To determine associations between positive and negative attitudes and hookah tobacco smoking (HTS) among college students. METHODS: Among a random sample of university students (N = 852), multivariable logistic regression models assessed associations between positive and negative attitudes toward HTS. RESULTS: Positive attitudes were associated with adjusted odds of 4.32 (95% CI = 3.20, 5.82) for current HTS, whereas negative attitudes were associated with lower adjusted odds for current smoking HTS (AOR = 0.64, 95% CI = 0.53, 0.76). Positive attitudes were also associated with adjusted odds of 9.31 (95% CI = 6.77, 12.80) for intention for future hookah use among non-HTS users. CONCLUSION: Positive attitudes toward HTS were more strongly associated with HTS compared to negative attitudes. It may be particularly valuable for future research and interventions to focus on decreasing positive attitudes toward HTS. Descriptors Links Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Barnett,Tracey E., Shensa,Ariel, Kim,Kevin H., Cook,Robert L., Nuzzo,Erin, Primack,Brian A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Mixed methods pilot study of sharing behaviors among waterpipe smokers of rural Lao PDR: implications for infectious disease transmission	2013	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Int J Environ Res Public Health Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 10 Issue 6 Start Page 2120 Other Pages 32 Notes ID: 23708049 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract To date, the sharing behaviors associated with the homemade tobacco waterpipe used in rural areas of the Western Pacific Region have not been studied. Evidence from studies of manufactured waterpipes raises the possibility of infectious disease transmission due to waterpipe sharing. The objective of our pilot study in rural Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) was to identify and measure the prevalence of waterpipe sharing behaviors. We first conducted ethnographic studies to investigate waterpipe-smoking behaviors. These findings were then used to develop an interviewer-administered household survey that was used in a sampling of waterpipe smokers from three villages of the Luang Namtha province of Lao PDR (n = 43). Sampled waterpipe smokers were predominantly male (90.7%), older (mean age 49, SD 13.79), married (95.4%), farmers (78.6%), and had completed no primary education. Pipes were primarily made from bamboo (92.9%). Almost all (97.6%) smokers were willing to share their pipe with others. At the last time they smoked, smokers shared a pipe with at least one other person (1.2 Â± 0.5 persons). During the past week, they had shared a pipe with five other persons (5.2 Â± 3.8 persons). The high prevalence of sharing behaviors among waterpipe smokers in rural Southeast Asia raises the possibility that this behavior provides important and unmeasured social network pathways for the transmission of infectious agents. Descriptors Links Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Martin,Robyn, Safaee,Sahar D., Somsamouth,Khamphithoune, Mounivong,Boualoy, Sinclair,Ryan, Bansal,Shweta, Singh,Pramil N. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Prevalence of use of anabolic steroids by bodybuilders using three methods in a city of iran	2013	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Addict Health Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 5 Issue 4-Mar Start Page 77 Other Pages 82 Notes ID: 24494162 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract BACKGROUND: The prevalence of substance use among bodybuilding athletes has been poorly studied in Iran. This study was conducted to examine the prevalence of drug use, especially anabolic steroids, among bodybuilding athletes. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the first half of 2013 among body building athletes referring to gyms located in Kerman, Iran. Five gyms were selected randomly and 380 athletes were invited to complete a self-administered anonymous questionnaire, consecutively. The questionnaire included two parts; baseline characteristics and substance related questions. The prevalence of anabolic steroids was estimated based on three methods; self-report, projective question, and crosswise model. FINDINGS: We enrolled 298 male athletes in the final analysis. Mean Â± SD age of subjects was 25.9 Â± 8.4. The most frequent recent (past 30 days) drug use was waterpipe smoking (45%). The second most frequently used drug was alcohol (26.5%, recent use). Based on self-reports, the prevalence of lifetime anabolic steroid use was calculated to be 24.5%. The corresponding figure based on crosswise method was obtained to be 56.8%. Participants believed that a median of 40% of athletes had used anabolic steroids in their lifetime. The prevalence of anabolic steroid was higher in single and less educated individuals (P Descriptors Links http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3905478/?tool=pubmed Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Nakhaee,Mohammad Reza, Pakravan,Faezeh, Nakhaee,Nouzar Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Methodology and Early Findings of the Fourth Survey of Childhood and Adolescence Surveillance and Prevention of Adult Non-Communicable Disease in Iran: The CASPIAN-IV Study	2013	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Int J Prev Med Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 4 Issue 12 Start Page 1451 Other Pages 60 Notes ID: 24498502 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract BACKGROUND: The fourth survey of the surveillance system named "childhood and adolescence surveillance and prevention of adult non-communicable disease" (CASPIAN-IV study), was conducted among a national representative sample of Iranian students. This paper describes the methods and early findings of this survey. METHODS: This nationwide school-based study was conducted in 2011-2012 in 30 provinces of Iran among 13,486 students, 6-18 years (6640 girls, 75.6% from urban areas) and one of their parents. RESULTS: Mean age of students was 12.5 years. Based on the World Health Organization growth curves, 12.2% were underweight, 9.7% overweight and 11.9% were obese. Abdominal obesity was observed in 19.1% of students. The dominant type of cooking oil in urban families was liquid oil and hydrogenated fat (39% and 32%), most rural families used hydrogenated fat (53%), respectively. A total of 18% of students had at least 30 min of daily physical activity; 41% of students used computer in weekdays and 44% used it in weekends. Almost 34.5% of students reported to have at least one cigarette smoker and 21.5% reported to have a waterpipe smoker in their relatives. Moreover, 20.3% of students reported that they had suffered an injury needing the help of school health providers during the year prior to the study. CONCLUSIONS: Current evidence on the health risky behaviors among Iranian children and adolescents confirms the importance of conducting comprehensive surveillance surveys to identify health risk behaviors. Data of this survey and the trend of variables provide necessary information for health policy makers to implement action-oriented interventions. Descriptors Links http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3898452/?tool=pubmed Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Kelishadi,Roya, Ardalan,Gelayol, Qorbani,Mostafa, Ataie-Jafari, Asal, Bahreynian,Maryam, Taslimi,Mahnaz, Motlagh,Mohammad Esmaeil, Heshmat,Ramin Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
A prospective study of tobacco smoking and mortality in Bangladesh	2013	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full PLoS One Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 8 Issue 3 Start Page e58516 Other Pages e58516 Notes ID: 23505526 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract BACKGROUND: Limited data are available on smoking-related mortality in low-income countries, where both chronic disease burden and prevalence of smoking are increasing. METHODS: Using data on 20,033 individuals in the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS) in Bangladesh, we prospectively evaluated the association between tobacco smoking and all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality during Ã¢ÂˆÂ¼7.6 years of follow-up. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for deaths from all-cause, cancer, CVD, ischemic heart disease (IHD), and stroke, in relation to status, duration, and intensity of cigarette/bidi and hookah smoking. RESULTS: Among men, cigarette/bidi smoking was positively associated with all-cause (HR 1.40, 95% CI 1.06 1.86) and cancer mortality (HR 2.91, 1.24 6.80), and there was a dose-response relationship between increasing intensity of cigarette/bidi consumption and increasing mortality. An elevated risk of death from ischemic heart disease (HR 1.87, 1.08 3.24) was associated with current cigarette/bidi smoking. Among women, the corresponding HRs were 1.65 (95% CI 1.16 2.36) for all-cause mortality and 2.69 (95% CI 1.20 6.01) for ischemic heart disease mortality. Similar associations were observed for hookah smoking. There was a trend towards reduced risk for the mortality outcomes with older age at onset of cigarette/bidi smoking and increasing years since quitting cigarette/bibi smoking among men. We estimated that cigarette/bidi smoking accounted for about 25.0% of deaths in men and 7.6% in women. CONCLUSIONS: Tobacco smoking was responsible for substantial proportion of premature deaths in the Bangladeshi population, especially among men. Stringent measures of tobacco control and cessation are needed to reduce tobacco-related deaths in Bangladesh. Descriptors Links Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Wu,Fen, Chen,Yu, Parvez,Faruque, Segers,Stephanie, Argos,Maria, Islam,Tariqul, Ahmed,Alauddin, Rakibuz-Zaman, Muhammad, Hasan,Rabiul, Sarwar,Golam, Ahsan,Habibul Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
In vitro effects of waterpipe smoke condensate on endothelial cell function: a potential risk factor for vascular disease	2013	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Toxicol Lett Periodical, Abbrev. Toxicol.Lett. Pub Date Free Form Volume 219 Issue 2 Start Page 133 Other Pages 42 Notes ID: 23454654 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract AIM: Despite its increasing popularity, little is known about the health effects of waterpipe smoking (WPS), particularly on the cardiovascular system. To investigate the role of WPS as a risk factor for vascular disease, we evaluated its effect on endothelial cell function, which is an early event in vascular disease pathogenesis. We assessed the changes in cell viability, ROS generation, inflammatory and vasodilatory markers and in vitro angiogenesis of human aortic endothelial cells in response to waterpipe smoke condensate exposure. METHODS AND RESULTS: Mainstream waterpipe smoke condensate (WSC) was generated using a standard laboratory machine protocol. Compared to control, WSC induced cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and oxidative stress in human primary endothelial cells. In addition, we assayed for impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation and induced inflammation by studying the effect of WPS on the content and activity of AMPK, eNOS proteins and NF-ÎºB p65 ser536 phosphorylation, respectively. WSC inhibited AMPK/eNOS phosphorylation and induced phosphorylation of p65. Moreover, we evaluated endothelial cells repair mechanism related properties that include migration/invasion and in vitro tube formation upon treatment with WSC. WSC reduced the motility and inhibited angiogenic potential of HAEC cells. CONCLUSIONS: WPS induced endothelial cell dysfunction as evident by exerting oxidative stress, inflammation, and impaired endothelial vasodilatory function and repair mechanisms. All together these data provide evidence for the potential contribution of WPS to endothelial dysfunction and thus to vascular disease. Descriptors Links Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Rammah,Mayyasa, Dandachi,Farah, Salman,Rola, Shihadeh,Alan, El-Sabban, Marwan Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Current tobacco and water-pipe smoking enhance human cancer invasion and metastasis	2013	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 132 Issue 4 Start Page 990 Other Pages 1 Notes ID: 22821434 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.27744 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Mfoumou,Etienne, Li,Zhang, Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Are waterpipe users tobacco-dependent?	2013	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Addiction Periodical, Abbrev. Addiction Pub Date Free Form Volume 108 Issue 11 Start Page 1886 Other Pages 7 Notes ID: 24118756 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Links Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Maynard,Olivia M., Gage,Suzanne H., MunafÃ², Marcus,R. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Asking the shisha question	2013	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Br J Gen Pract Periodical, Abbrev. Br.J.Gen.Pract. Pub Date Free Form Volume 63 Issue 608 Start Page 127 Other Pages 127 Notes ID: 23561766 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Links Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Rawaf,David, Elgindi,Abdelaziz, Ismail,Sajjaad Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
To what extent should waterpipe tobacco smoking become a public health priority?	2013	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Addiction Periodical, Abbrev. Addiction Pub Date Free Form Volume 108 Issue 11 Start Page 1873 Other Pages 84 Notes ID: 23863044 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract BACKGROUND: Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) popularity is increasing world-wide, and health effects are emerging in the light of evidence that WTS is perceived by users as less harmful than cigarette smoking. However, there remains a paucity of available evidence from which to draw firm conclusions about its public health significance. AIMS: This narrative review aims to summarize WTS literature to date to inform tobacco control specialists and health-care professionals about this phenomenon and help them to assess whether or not WTS should become a public health priority. METHODS: Standard electronic databases as well as conference proceedings and personal libraries were searched in English, French and Arabic with inclusive terminology for the variety of names given to WTS. FINDINGS: Waterpipe smoke contains significant levels of toxins, some of which are known to be carcinogenic to humans. Recent epidemiological trends have established an increasing prevalence of WTS in the Middle East and the United States, particularly among adolescents. It is used commonly across multiple ethnicities and both genders with less of a social gradient than cigarette smoking. Attitudes and beliefs have been researched widely and several reasons for believing it is less harmful than cigarette smoking include water filtration and social acceptability. A wide range of diseases have been associated with WTS, but research in this area is relatively underdeveloped and a better evidence base is needed. Worryingly, the waterpipe industry, including waterpipe cafes, operates in an almost completely unregulated market and employs deceptive marketing techniques to attract new users. CONCLUSIONS: Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) appears to be on the increase, especially among younger users, and therefore represents a potential public health concern. While legislators should consider enforcing and extending existing tobacco laws to a growing WTS industry, further research is required to fill gaps in the literature and provide evidence-based interventions for tobacco control specialists and health-care professionals. Descriptors Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12265 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Jawad,Mohammed, McEwen,Andy, McNeill,Ann, Shahab,Lion Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors

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