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| Predictors of adherence to pharmacological and behavioral treatment in a cessation trial among smokers in Aleppo, Syria | 2015 | Department of Epidemiology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: zbent002@fiu.edu.; Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA; Syrian Center for Tobacco St | Read more... |
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Drug and alcohol dependence
Periodical, Abbrev.
Drug Alcohol Depend.
Pub Date Free Form
1-Aug
Volume
153
Issue
Start Page
167
Other Pages
172
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LR: 20160801; CI: Copyright (c) 2015; GR: 1R01DA024876/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01 DA024876/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01 DA035160/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States; JID: 7513587; NIHMS697922; OID: NLM: NIHMS697922; OID: NLM: PMC4509913; O
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Ireland
ISSN/ISBN
1879-0046; 0376-8716
Accession Number
PMID: 26077603
Language
eng
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Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; IM
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10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.05.038 [doi]
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26077603
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INTRODUCTION: The development of evidence-based smoking cessation programs is in its infancy in developing countries, which continue to bear the main brunt of the tobacco epidemic. Adherence to treatment recommendations is an important determinant of the success of smoking cessation programs, but little is known about factors influencing adherence to either pharmacological or behavioral treatment in developing countries settings. Our study represents the first attempt to examine the predictors of adherence to cessation treatment in a low-income developing country. METHODS: Predictors of adherence to pharmacological and behavioral treatment were identified by analyzing data from a multi-site, two-group, parallel-arm, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled smoking cessation trial in primary care clinics in Aleppo, Syria. Participants received 3 in-person behavioral counseling sessions plus 5 brief follow-up phone counseling sessions, and were randomized to either 6 weeks of nicotine or placebo patch. RESULTS: Of the 269 participants, 68% adhered to pharmacological treatment, while 70% adhered to behavioral counseling. In logistic regression modeling, lower adherence to pharmacological and behavioral treatment was associated with higher daily smoking at baseline, greater withdrawal symptoms, and perception of receiving placebo instead of active nicotine patch. Women showed lower adherence than men to behavioral treatment, while being assigned to placebo condition and baseline waterpipe use were associated with lower adherence to pharmacological treatment. CONCLUSION: Adherence to cessation treatment for cigarette smokers in low-income countries such as Syria may benefit from integrated cessation components that provide intensive treatment for subjects with higher nicotine dependence, and address concurrent waterpipe use at all stages.
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Elsevier Ireland Ltd
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Ben Taleb,Z., Ward,K.D., Asfar,T., Bahelah,R., Maziak,W.
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20150606
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PMC4509913
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| Structural characterization of rat ventricular tissue exposed to the smoke of two types of waterpipe | 2015 | Department of Biology and Biotechnology, American University of Madaba, Madaba, Jordan.; Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.; Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. | Read more... |
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Iranian journal of basic medical sciences
Periodical, Abbrev.
Iran.J.Basic Med.Sci.
Pub Date Free Form
Oct
Volume
18
Issue
10
Start Page
942
Other Pages
949
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LR: 20160107; JID: 101517966; OID: NLM: PMC4686577; OTO: NOTNLM; ppublish
Place of Publication
Iran
ISSN/ISBN
2008-3866; 2008-3866
Accession Number
PMID: 26730327
Language
eng
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26730327
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OBJECTIVES: this study focused on the effect of waterpipe smoke exposure toxicity on the structure of albino rat's ventricular tissue and their recovery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Albino rats were divided into three groups: control, flavored, and unflavored. The control group was exposed to normal air while the flavored and unflavored groups were exposed to waterpipe smoke for a period of 90 days. Each group was followed by a period of 90 days of fresh air exposure. Following each period, the ventricular tissue was removed for biochemical and histopathological studies. RESULTS: The ventricular tissues of waterpipe exposed rats showed some degree of separation between cardiac muscle fibers, infiltration of lymphocytes, and congestion of blood vessel. Also, thin cross sections of ventricular cells revealed pleomorphic mitochondria with partially disrupted cristae, partial disruption of the myofibrils, and deposited toxic materials. The unflavored waterpipe has more deleterious effects on heart ventricular tissues than the flavored one. Waterpipe smoke didn't induce apoptosis in the ventricular tissue. We also found very high levels of plasma thiocyanate after exposure to smoke in the flavored and unflavored groups, while the control group showed no increase. After the recovery period, those tissues showed partial recovery. CONCLUSION: Waterpipe smoke induces structural changes in the heart ventricle tissues, causing a negative impact on the capacity of the cardiac muscle for pumping blood and may lead to heart attack due to accumulation of free radicals and tissue inflammation. Cessation of smoking is important in returning most of these changes to their normal structure.
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Al-Awaida,W., Najjar,H., Shraideh,Z.
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PMC4686577
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| Waterpipe use and cognitive susceptibility to cigarette smoking among never-cigarette smoking Jordanian youth: analysis of the 2009 Global Youth Tobacco Survey | 2015 | Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; kkheiral@gmail.com.; Department of Community and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan;; Division of Social and | Read more... |
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Periodical, Full
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Periodical, Abbrev.
Nicotine Tob.Res.
Pub Date Free Form
Mar
Volume
17
Issue
3
Start Page
280
Other Pages
284
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CI: (c) The Author 2014; JID: 9815751; 2014/08/26 [aheadofprint]; ppublish
Place of Publication
England
ISSN/ISBN
1469-994X; 1462-2203
Accession Number
PMID: 25159679
Language
eng
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Journal Article; IM
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10.1093/ntr/ntu140 [doi]
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25159679
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INTRODUCTION: Susceptibility to cigarette smoking, defined as lack of a firm decision to not initiate smoking, predicts youth smoking initiation and experimentation and is a first step in the transition to regular smoking. This study investigated whether waterpipe (WP) smoking, an increasingly prevalent form of tobacco use among Arab adolescents, was associated with increased susceptibility to cigarette smoking. METHODS: A secondary analysis of the 2009 Jordan Global Youth Tobacco Survey was conducted to assess the association between WP use and cigarette susceptibility, after adjusting for important confounders. RESULTS: A total of 1,476 youth aged 13-15 years old who had never smoked cigarettes were identified and represented 166,593 never-cigarette smoking Jordanian youth. We found 40% of boys and 29% of girls were susceptible to cigarette smoking, and both boys (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.49, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.41-1.54) and girls (AOR = 1.95, 95% CI = 1.83-2.04) who had ever smoked WP were more susceptible to cigarette smoking than those who never smoked WP. CONCLUSION: This is the first study to report that WP use may increase youth's susceptibility to initiate cigarette smoking.
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. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
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Kheirallah,K.A., Alzyoud,S., Ward,K.D.
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20140826
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| Substance use among Lebanese university students: prevalence and associated factors | 2015 | Laboratoire de recherche clinique et epidemiologique, Faculte de Pharmacie, Universite Libanaise, Beyrouth (Liban); Ecole doctorale des Sciences et de Technologie, Universite Libanaise, Beyrouth (Liban); Faculte de Sante publique, Universite Libanaise, Be | Read more... |
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Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit
Periodical, Abbrev.
East.Mediterr.Health J.
Pub Date Free Form
27-Aug
Volume
21
Issue
5
Start Page
332
Other Pages
341
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JID: 9608387; 2013/02/14 [received]; 2013/12/08 [accepted]; epublish
Place of Publication
Egypt
ISSN/ISBN
1020-3397; 1020-3397
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PMID: 26343122
Language
fre
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Scientific research on use and misuse of substances in Lebanon is scarce. This study aimed to evaluate the rate of use and abuse of substances among Lebanese youth and identify the determinants and risk factors behind these behaviours. An observational survey was conducted on 1945 university students selected from the different faculties of the Lebanese University and other private universities. A self-administered questionnaire based on ASSIST (Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test) was administered. The prevalence of ever consuming alcohol was 20.9%. Cannabis (12.3%) and tranquilizers (11%) had the highest rates of ever use among the drugs, whereas cocaine (3.3%) and hallucinogens (3.6%) had the lowest rates. Smoking cigarettes and waterpipes, going out at night, peer pressure and having no specific leisure time activity were associated with problematic substance use, while a better relationship with parents, reading and working were inversely associated with use. There is a high prevalence of substance use among university students in Lebanon. Multidisciplinary support for addicted students is needed to meet their diverse needs.; Publisher: Abstract available from the publisher.; Publisher: Abstract available from the publisher.
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Salameh,P., Rachidi,S., Al-Hajje,A., Awada,S., Chouaib,K., Saleh,N., Bawab,W.
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Consommation de substances psychoactives des etudiants universitaries libanais: prevalence et facteurs associes
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20150827
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| Factors that Contribute in the First Hookah Smoking Trial by Women: A Qualitative Study from Iran | 2015 | 1. Community-Based Participatory Research Center, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran.; 2. Dept. of Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical | Read more... |
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Periodical, Full
Iranian journal of public health
Periodical, Abbrev.
Iran.J.Public.Health.
Pub Date Free Form
Jan
Volume
44
Issue
1
Start Page
100
Other Pages
110
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LR: 20150613; JID: 7505531; OID: NLM: PMC4449996; OTO: NOTNLM; 2014/05/24 [received]; 2014/09/15 [accepted]; ppublish
Place of Publication
Iran
ISSN/ISBN
2251-6085; 2251-6085
Accession Number
PMID: 26060781
Language
eng
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Journal Article
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26060781
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BACKGROUND: Hookah smoking is growing in popularity especially among women but little is known about the determinants influencing on hookah smoking initiation. In order to address this emerging health risk, a qualitative study was conducted to explore the factors that contribute in the first hookah smoking trial by women. METHODS: This qualitative study was conducted during 2012 to 2013 in Tehran, Iran. Participants were recruited to represent diversity in smoking status, ethnicity, age groups and residence. Data was collected through in-depth individual interviews and was analyzed through content analysis. RESULTS: Four main themes were identified from the qualitative data including: Positive attitude toward hookah smoking; Social and family facilitators; Psychosocial needs and gaps and Sensory characteristic of hookah. CONCLUSION: From this study, a variety of factors which contribute to the initiation of hookah smoking among women have been identified. Since one of the major causes of increased hookah smoking may be its ordinary use, all factors causing the ordinary use should be eliminated, and efforts should be made in opposition to hookah smoking promotions.
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Baheiraei,A., Shahbazi Sighaldeh,S., Ebadi,A., Kelishadi,R., Majdzadeh,R.
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PMC4449996
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| Review of hookah tobacco smoking among college students: policy implications and research recommendations | 2015 | School of Pharmacy and. | Read more... |
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The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Periodical, Abbrev.
Am.J.Drug Alcohol Abuse
Pub Date Free Form
Volume
41
Issue
4
Start Page
272
Other Pages
280
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LR: 20160114; GR: K05 DA031248/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States; JID: 7502510; OTO: NOTNLM; 2015/06/09 [aheadofprint]; ppublish
Place of Publication
England
ISSN/ISBN
1097-9891; 0095-2990
Accession Number
PMID: 26057153
Language
eng
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Journal Article; Review; IM
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10.3109/00952990.2015.1043738 [doi]
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26057153
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BACKGROUND: About 30% of college students have smoked hookah tobacco. Although most students perceive this product to be innocuous and non-addictive, hookah tobacco increases the risk for disease and nicotine dependence. Currently, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not regulate the manufacture, distribution, or sale of hookah tobacco. OBJECTIVE: Empirical literature pertaining to hookah tobacco smoking is reviewed with a focus on the implications for regulatory policy. METHODS: PubMed, PsycINFO, and Scopus databases were searched to locate articles published in English. The literature search combined several key words including "hookahs", "college", "advertising", "health effects", and "health policy". RESULTS: Smoking hookah tobacco may play a role in the initiation of smoking among tobacco-naive college students and may portend persistent smoking among those who have smoked cigarettes. College students are typically nondaily, social smokers. They do not perceive that their heightened risk for tobacco diseases and nicotine dependence relates to their smoking behavior. However, few public health messages target college-age adults to counter media messages that endorse hookah tobacco smoking. CONCLUSION: Given that the FDA is not authorized to ban specific tobacco products, policy actions should focus on the development of effective risk communication strategies that target college-age adults and on limiting the accessibility of hookah tobacco products to these adults. Accordingly, a research agenda that would inform these policy actions is proposed.
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Gathuru,I.M., Tarter,R.E., Klein-Fedyshin,M.
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20150609
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| Epidemiological surveys might underestimate waterpipe smoking | 2015 | Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London W6 8RP, UK mohammed.jawad06@imperial.ac.uk.; Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London W6 8RP, UK. | Read more... |
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Periodical, Full
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Periodical, Abbrev.
BMJ
Pub Date Free Form
8-Jun
Volume
350
Issue
Start Page
h3086
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JID: 8900488; 0 (Tars); CON: BMJ. 2015;350:h1991. PMID: 25888390; epublish
Place of Publication
England
ISSN/ISBN
1756-1833; 0959-535X
Accession Number
PMID: 26055421
Language
eng
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Comment; Letter; AIM; IM
DOI
10.1136/bmj.h3086 [doi]
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26055421
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Jawad,M., Millett,C.
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20150608
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| A case series study on the effect of Ebola on facility-based deliveries in rural Liberia | 2015 | Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan, School of Nursing, 400 North Ingalls, Room 3352, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA. jrlori@umich.edu.; Global REACH, University of Michigan, Medical School, 234 Victor Vaughn Building, | Read more... |
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BMC pregnancy and childbirth
Periodical, Abbrev.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
Pub Date Free Form
12-Oct
Volume
15
Issue
Start Page
254
Other Pages
015-0694-x
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LR: 20151017; GR: 1 K01 TW008763-01A1/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States; JID: 100967799; OID: NLM: PMC4603295; 2015/02/10 [received]; 2015/10/05 [accepted]; 2015/10/12 [aheadofprint]; epublish
Place of Publication
England
ISSN/ISBN
1471-2393; 1471-2393
Accession Number
PMID: 26459295
Language
eng
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Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; IM
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10.1186/s12884-015-0694-x [doi]
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26459295
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BACKGROUND: As communities' fears of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa exacerbate and their trust in healthcare providers diminishes, EVD has the potential to reverse the recent progress made in promoting facility-based delivery. Using retrospective data from a study focused on maternal and newborn health, this analysis examined the influence of EVD on the use of facility-based maternity care in Bong Country, Liberia, which shares a boarder with Sierra Leone - near the epicenter of the outbreak. METHODS: Using a case series design, retrospective data from logbooks were collected at 12 study sites in one county. These data were then analyzed to determine women's use of facility-based maternity care between January 2012 and October 2014. The primary outcome was the number of facility-based deliveries over time. The first suspected case of EVD in Bong County was reported on June 30, 2014. Heat maps were generated and the number of deliveries was normalized to the average number of deliveries during the full 12 months before the EVD outbreak (March 2013 - February 2014). RESULTS: Prior to the EVD outbreak, facility-based deliveries steadily increased in Bong County reaching an all-time high of over 500 per month at study sites in the first half of 2014 - indicating Liberia was making inroads in normalizing institutional maternal healthcare. However, as reports of EVD escalated, facility-based deliveries decreased to a low of 113 in August 2014. CONCLUSION: Ebola virus disease has negatively impacted the use of facility-based maternity services, placing childbearing women at increased risk for morbidity and death.
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Lori,J.R., Rominski,S.D., Perosky,J.E., Munro,M.L., Williams,G., Bell,S.A., Nyanplu,A.B., Amarah,P.N., Boyd,C.J.
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URL
Date of Electronic
20151012
PMCID
PMC4603295
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| The relationship between waterpipe smoking and body weight: population-based findings from Syria | 2015 | School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN; Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies, Aleppo, Syria; kdward@memphis.edu.; School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN;; School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN; | Read more... |
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Periodical, Full
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Periodical, Abbrev.
Nicotine Tob.Res.
Pub Date Free Form
Jan
Volume
17
Issue
1
Start Page
34
Other Pages
40
Notes
LR: 20160101; CI: (c) The Author 2014; GR: R01 DA035160/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01DA024876/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01DA035160/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01TW05962/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States; GR: R21TW006545/TW/FIC NIH HH
Place of Publication
England
ISSN/ISBN
1469-994X; 1462-2203
Accession Number
PMID: 25096252
Language
eng
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Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; IM
DOI
10.1093/ntr/ntu121 [doi]
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PMID
25096252
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INTRODUCTION: Cigarette smoking has well known effects on body weight, with current smokers weighing less than never-smokers, and cessation producing weight gain. Use of waterpipe (or "hookah") is increasing in many parts of the world but its effects on body weight are not known. METHODS: We compared body mass index (BMI) among 2,536 adults (age >/= 18 years old), who were never, former, current nondaily, or current daily waterpipe smokers, drawn from 2 representative, population-based household surveys of adults in Aleppo, Syria. RESULTS: Overall, 84.1% (n = 2,134) never-smoked waterpipe, 4.6% (n = 116) were former smokers, 9.9% (n = 251) were current nondaily smokers, and 1.4% (n = 35) were current daily smokers. Mean BMI of the sample was 30.2 kg/m(2) (SD = 6.3). Adjusted for cigarette smoking, number of chronic diseases, age, gender, income, and marital status, daily waterpipe users were 2.26 BMI units greater than never-smokers (beta = 2.26, 95% CI = 0.79-3.72), and had nearly threefold odds of being obese (odds ratio = 2.87, 95% CI = 1.06-7.76). Nondaily and former waterpipe users were similar to never-smokers in terms of BMI and obesity risk. CONCLUSION: Results indicate that daily waterpipe users, compared to never-users, have higher BMI, translating into 6 extra kilograms of weight on average, and are 3 times as likely to be obese.
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. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
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Ward,K.D., Ahn,S., Mzayek,F., Al Ali,R., Rastam,S., Asfar,T., Fouad,F., Maziak,W.
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Date of Electronic
20140805
PMCID
PMC4351400
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| Subjective well-being and hookah use among adults in the United States: A nationally-representative sample | 2015 | Department of Psychology, Queens College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), Flushing, NY 11367, USA. Electronic address: agrinberg@qc.cuny.edu. | Read more... |
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Drug and alcohol dependence
Periodical, Abbrev.
Drug Alcohol Depend.
Pub Date Free Form
1-Aug
Volume
153
Issue
Start Page
242
Other Pages
249
Notes
CI: Copyright (c) 2015; JID: 7513587; OTO: NOTNLM; 2014/11/04 [received]; 2015/05/03 [revised]; 2015/05/08 [accepted]; 2015/05/27 [aheadofprint]; ppublish
Place of Publication
Ireland
ISSN/ISBN
1879-0046; 0376-8716
Accession Number
PMID: 26099176
Language
eng
SubFile
Journal Article; IM
DOI
10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.05.020 [doi]
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26099176
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BACKGROUND: Using a nationally-representative dataset of adults 18-30 years old in the United States, this study examined the relationship between hookah use and subjective well-being. Levels of sadness, happiness, tiredness, pain, and stress were compared between persons who have used hookah and those who have not. METHODS: Data were merged from the Tobacco Use Supplement of the Current Population Survey, the American Time Use Survey, and the Subjective Well-being Supplement to the American Time Use Survey for the years 2010-2012 for persons 18-30 years old (n=1147). Wald tests were used to compare mean differences in subjective well-being between hookah users and non-users. Lastly, multivariable regression was used to determine whether there were significant differences in subjective well-being between hookah users and non-users, controlling for demographic factors, self-perceived health, and cigarette smoking. RESULTS: The lifetime prevalence rate of hookah use was 5.2% among 18-30 year olds. Hookah users reported higher levels of stress and sadness than non-users. These relationships remained significant after controlling for demographic characteristics, self-perceived health, and cigarette use. The results were robust to the use of different statistical models, different age cut-offs, the inclusion of additional covariates (such as income and population density), and separate analyses by sex. CONCLUSIONS: Hookah use is an emerging public health issue associated with increased levels of stress and sadness. Similar to cigarette use, healthcare providers may consider expanding their screening tests to include hookah use. Public policy geared toward greater prevention and control of hookah use is also recommended.
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Elsevier Ireland Ltd
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Grinberg,A.
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20150527
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