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Comparison of cigarette and water pipe smoking among female university students in Egypt	2007	Department of Public Health, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article 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 May Volume 9 Issue 5 Start Page 591 Other Pages 596 Notes LR: 20151119; GR: R01TW59444/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States; JID: 9815751; ppublish Place of Publication England ISSN/ISBN 1462-2203; 1462-2203 Accession Number PMID: 17454715 Language eng SubFile Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; IM DOI 777461696 [pii] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 17454715 Abstract This study investigated behavioral and sociodemographic factors associated with tobacco use among female university students patronizing water pipe cafes in Cairo, Egypt. We interviewed two groups of female university student smokers (100 and 96 students from a public and a private university, respectively). The interviews took place in nine water pipe cafes near the two universities. A logistic regression model was developed to analyze the relationship between tobacco-related knowledge and beliefs and the choice between smoking water pipe or cigarettes. Among these smokers, 27% smoked cigarettes only, 37.8% smoked water pipe only, and 35.2% smoked both types of tobacco. Most of the water pipe smokers (74.1%) preferred this method because they believe it to be less harmful than smoking cigarettes. More than half of the subjects were encouraged to start smoking by other females (56.6%). Curiosity was a significant factor for initiation (OR = 2.8, 95% CI = 1.3-6.2, p<.01). We found no significant differences between water pipe and cigarette smokers regarding current age, age at initiation, quit attempts, knowledge about the hazards of smoking, wanting to be fashionable, or smoking with friends. About one in four (23.7%) attempted to quit, with health cited as a major reason. An urgent need exists for correction of the misperception among this study population that water pipe smoking is safe and less harmful than cigarette smoking. Descriptors Adult, Confidence Intervals, Egypt/epidemiology, Female, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Life Style, Odds Ratio, Peer Group, Smoking/epidemiology/psychology, Social Environment, Students/psychology/statistics & numerical data, Surveys and Questionnaires Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Labib,N., Radwan,G., Mikhail,N., Mohamed,M. K., Setouhy,M. E., Loffredo,C., Israel,E. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Comparison of cigarette and water-pipe smoking by Arab and non-Arab-American youth	2008	College of Nursing, Center for Health Research, Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA. ac3844@wayne.edu	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full American Journal of Preventive Medicine Periodical, Abbrev. Am.J.Prev.Med. Pub Date Free Form Oct Volume 35 Issue 4 Start Page 334 Other Pages 339 Notes LR: 20151119; GR: HD37498-R01/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01 HD037498-01A1/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States; JID: 8704773; NIHMS69686; OID: NLM: NIHMS69686; OID: NLM: PMC2575814; 2007/01/16 [received]; 2008/04/09 [revised]; 2008/06/16 [accepted]; 2 Place of Publication Netherlands ISSN/ISBN 0749-3797; 0749-3797 Accession Number PMID: 18675529 Language eng SubFile Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; IM DOI 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.06.037 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 18675529 Abstract BACKGROUND: Water-pipe smoking is a rapidly growing form of tobacco use worldwide. Building on an earlier report of experimentation with cigarette and water-pipe smoking in a U.S. community sample of Arab-American youth aged 14-18 years, this article examines water-pipe smoking in more detail (e.g., smoking history, belief in harmfulness compared to cigarettes, family members in home who smoke water pipes) and compares the water-pipe-smoking behaviors of Arab-American youth with non-Arab-American youth in the same community. METHODS: A convenience sample of 1872 Arab-American and non-Arab-American high school students from the Midwest completed a 24-item tobacco survey. Data were collected in 2004-2005 and analyzed in 2007-2008. RESULTS: Arab-American youth reported lower percentages of ever cigarette smoking (20% vs 39%); current cigarette smoking (7% vs 22%); and regular cigarette smoking (3% vs 15%) than non-Arab-American youth. In contrast, Arab-American youth reported significantly higher percentages of ever water-pipe smoking (38% vs 21%) and current water-pipe smoking (17% vs 11%) than non-Arab-American youth. Seventy-seven percent perceived water-pipe smoking to be as harmful as or more harmful than cigarette smoking. Logistic regression showed that youth were 11.0 times more likely to be currently smoking cigarettes if they currently smoked water pipes. Youth were also 11.0 times more likely to be current water-pipe smokers if they currently smoked cigarettes. If one or more family members smoked water pipes in the home, youth were 6.3 times more likely to be current water-pipe smokers. The effects of ethnicity were reduced as a result of the explanatory value of family smoking. CONCLUSIONS: Further research is needed to determine the percentages, patterns, and health risks of water-pipe smoking and its relationship to cigarette smoking among all youth. Additionally, youth tobacco prevention/cessation programs need to focus attention on water-pipe smoking in order to further dispel the myth that water-pipe smoking is a safe alternative to cigarette smoking. Descriptors Adolescent, Arabs, Chi-Square Distribution, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, Middle East/ethnology, Midwestern United States/epidemiology, Smoking/epidemiology/ethnology, Surveys and Questionnaires Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Weglicki,L. S., Templin,T. N., Rice,V. H., Jamil,H., Hammad,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20080803 PMCID PMC2575814 Editors
Comparison of cigarette and waterpipe smoking among pupils in the urban area of Sousse, Tunisia	2010		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Tunis Med Periodical, Abbrev. Tunis.Med. Pub Date Free Form Volume 88 Issue 7 Start Page 470 Other Pages 3 Notes ID: 20582881 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract BACKGROUND: Epidemiological and observational evidence suggests that waterpipe use is growing in popularity worldwide. AIM: The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of cigarette and water pipe tobacco use among pupils aged 13-17 years in the urban area of Sousse, Tunisia and to identify the factors which predict current cigarette and/or waterpipe smoking in this population. METHODS: Across-sectional study was carried out on a representative sample of schoolchildren aged between 13 and 17 years in colleges and public secondary schools of the urban area of Sousse. We used a pre tested and self administered questionnaire to measure tobacco consumption. The significance level for all analyses was p<0.05. Statistical analysis was conducted with SPSS 10.0 software. RESULTS: Participants were 1569 youth. Fifty two percent of them were male. The mean age of the sample was 15+/-1.5 years. Total cigarette smoking percentage for ever and current use were 33.1% and 7.6% respectively. Total water pipe smoking percentage for ever and current use were 19.3% and 5.2% respectively. Overall, the total percentages of cigarette and water pipe smoking (ever and current) were higher for male and aged pupils. Multivariate regression analyses showed that the two types of tobacco use were related. CONCLUSION: Despite the growing adoption of water-pipe smoking, there remains limited research in this area. Increased surveillance and additional research are necessary to address this growing threat to public health. Descriptors Smoking/epidemiology, Adolescent, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Prevalence, Tunisia/epidemiology, Urban Health, Water Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-20582881 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Harrabi,Imed, Maaloul,Jihen Maatoug, Gaha,Rafika, Kebaili,Raoudha, Maziak,Wassim, Ghannem,Hassen Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Comparison of cigarette and waterpipe smoking among pupils in the urban area of Sousse, Tunisia. Tunis Med. 2010 Jul; 88(7):470-3. (Reply). Con	2011		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Tunis Med Periodical, Abbrev. Tunis.Med. Pub Date Free Form Volume 89 Issue 5 Start Page 507 Other Pages 8 Notes ID: 21557195 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Smoking/epidemiology, Students/statistics & numerical data, Urban Population/statistics & numerical data, Humans Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-21557195 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Harrabi,I., Maaloul,J. M., Gaha,R., Kebaili,R., Maziak,W., Ghannem,H. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Comparison of cigarette and waterpipe smoking among pupils in the urban area of Sousse, Tunisia. Tunis Med. 2010 Jul; 88(7):470-3.(Letter to editor). Pro	2011		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Tunis Med Periodical, Abbrev. Tunis.Med. Pub Date Free Form Volume 89 Issue 5 Start Page 505 Other Pages 6 Notes ID: 21557194 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Smoking/epidemiology, Students/statistics & numerical data, Urban Population/statistics & numerical data, Bias (Epidemiology), Humans, Tobacco/chemistry, Tobacco Use Disorder/epidemiology, Tunisia/epidemiology, World Health Organization Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-21557194 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Ben Saad,Helmi, Chaouachi,Kamal Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Comparison of Clinical and Radiographic Periodontal Status Between Habitual Water-Pipe Smokers and Cigarette Smokers	2016	Department of General Dentistry, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.; Dental Health Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.; Department of Environmental Medicine,	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of periodontology Periodical, Abbrev. J.Periodontol. Pub Date Free Form Feb Volume 87 Issue 2 Start Page 142 Other Pages 147 Notes JID: 8000345; OTO: NOTNLM; 2015/10/02 [aheadofprint]; ppublish Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 1943-3670; 0022-3492 Accession Number PMID: 26430928 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; D; IM DOI 10.1902/jop.2015.150235 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 26430928 Abstract BACKGROUND: There is a dearth of studies that have compared clinical and radiologic markers of periodontal inflammation between water-pipe smokers (WPs) and cigarette smokers (CSs). The aim of the present study is to compare the clinical and radiographic periodontal status between habitual WPs and CSs. METHODS: In total, 200 males (50 WPs, 50 CSs, and 100 controls) with comparable mean age and education were included. Demographic information was recorded using a questionnaire. Periodontal parameters (plaque index [PI], bleeding on probing [BOP], probing depth [PD], clinical attachment loss [AL], and marginal bone loss [MBL]) and numbers of missing teeth (MT) were recorded. RESULTS: The duration of each smoking session for WPs and CSs was 50.2 +/- 6.7 and 15.3 +/- 0.4 minutes, respectively. Number of MT [P /=4 mm [P Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Javed,F., Al-Kheraif,A.A., Rahman,I., Millan-Luongo,L.T., Feng,C., Yunker,M., Malmstrom,H., Romanos,G.E. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20151002 PMCID Editors
Comparison of CO, PAH, Nicotine, and Aldehyde Emissions in Waterpipe Tobacco Smoke Generated Using Electrical and Charcoal Heating Methods	2019	Mechanical Engineering Department , American University of Beirut , Beirut 1107 2020 , Lebanon.; Mechanical Engineering Department , American University of Beirut , Beirut 1107 2020 , Lebanon.; Mechanical Engineering Department , American Univer(TRUNCATED	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Chemical research in toxicology Periodical, Abbrev. Chem.Res.Toxicol. Pub Date Free Form 6-May Volume Issue Start Page Other Pages Notes LR: 20190506; JID: 8807448; 2019/05/01 06:00 [pubmed]; 2019/05/01 06:00 [medline]; 2019/05/01 06:00 [entrez]; aheadofprint Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 1520-5010; 0893-228X Accession Number PMID: 31038931 Language eng SubFile Journal Article DOI 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00045 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 31038931 Abstract Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) has been characterized as a global epidemic. Waterpipe smoke has been shown to contain and deliver significant doses of many of the toxicants known to cause cancer, respiratory, and cardiovascular diseases in cigarette smokers. It has also been shown that the charcoal used to heat the tobacco contributes most of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and carbon monoxide (CO) found in the smoke, two major causative agents in smoking-related lung cancer and heart disease, respectively. Possibly as a result of growing awareness of charcoal as a toxicant source, electrical heating elements (EHEs) are being marketed for waterpipe use as reduced harm charcoal substitutes. We measured thermal performance characteristics (tobacco burned, total aerosolized particulate matter) and toxicant emissions in WTS generated using three commercially available waterpipe EHEs and charcoal to examine the hypothesis that EHEs can function similarly to charcoal while presenting a reduced toxicant profile. Toxicants quantified included total particulate matter, nicotine, PAHs, CO, and volatile aldehydes delivered at the mouthpiece when the waterpipe was machine smoked using a standard protocol. We found that while EHEs involved an 80% reduction in total PAH and a 90% reduction in CO emissions, they also resulted in a several-fold increase in the potent respiratory toxicant acrolein. These mixed findings underscore the complexity of toxicant reduction by product manipulation and suggest that marketing EHEs as reduced harm products may be misleading. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors El Hourani,M., Talih,S., Salman,R., Karaoghlanian,N., Karam,E., El Hage,R., Saliba,N.A., Shihadeh,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20190506 PMCID Editors
Comparison of CO, PAH, Nicotine, and Aldehyde Emissions in Waterpipe Tobacco Smoke Generated Using Electrical and Charcoal Heating Methods	2019	Mechanical Engineering Department , American University of Beirut , Beirut 1107 2020 , Lebanon.; Mechanical Engineering Department , American University of Beirut , Beirut 1107 2020 , Lebanon.; Mechanical Engineering Department , American Univer(TRUNCATED	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Chemical research in toxicology Periodical, Abbrev. Chem.Res.Toxicol. Pub Date Free Form 6-May Volume Issue Start Page Other Pages Notes LR: 20190506; JID: 8807448; 2019/05/01 06:00 [pubmed]; 2019/05/01 06:00 [medline]; 2019/05/01 06:00 [entrez]; aheadofprint Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 1520-5010; 0893-228X Accession Number PMID: 31038931 Language eng SubFile Journal Article DOI 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00045 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 31038931 Abstract Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) has been characterized as a global epidemic. Waterpipe smoke has been shown to contain and deliver significant doses of many of the toxicants known to cause cancer, respiratory, and cardiovascular diseases in cigarette smokers. It has also been shown that the charcoal used to heat the tobacco contributes most of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and carbon monoxide (CO) found in the smoke, two major causative agents in smoking-related lung cancer and heart disease, respectively. Possibly as a result of growing awareness of charcoal as a toxicant source, electrical heating elements (EHEs) are being marketed for waterpipe use as reduced harm charcoal substitutes. We measured thermal performance characteristics (tobacco burned, total aerosolized particulate matter) and toxicant emissions in WTS generated using three commercially available waterpipe EHEs and charcoal to examine the hypothesis that EHEs can function similarly to charcoal while presenting a reduced toxicant profile. Toxicants quantified included total particulate matter, nicotine, PAHs, CO, and volatile aldehydes delivered at the mouthpiece when the waterpipe was machine smoked using a standard protocol. We found that while EHEs involved an 80% reduction in total PAH and a 90% reduction in CO emissions, they also resulted in a several-fold increase in the potent respiratory toxicant acrolein. These mixed findings underscore the complexity of toxicant reduction by product manipulation and suggest that marketing EHEs as reduced harm products may be misleading. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors El Hourani,M., Talih,S., Salman,R., Karaoghlanian,N., Karam,E., El Hage,R., Saliba,N.A., Shihadeh,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20190506 PMCID Editors
Comparison of CO, PAH, Nicotine, and Aldehyde Emissions in Waterpipe Tobacco Smoke Generated Using Electrical and Charcoal Heating Methods	2019		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Chemical research in toxicology Periodical, Abbrev. Chem.Res.Toxicol. Pub Date Free Form Volume Issue Start Page Other Pages Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher ACS Publications Data Source google Authors El Hourani, Mario, Talih, Soha, Salman, Rola, Karaoghlanian, Nareg, Karam, Ebrahim, El-Hage, Rachel, Saliba, Najat Aoun, Shihadeh, Alan Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Comparison of CO, PAH, Nicotine, and Aldehyde Emissions in Waterpipe Tobacco Smoke Generated Using Electrical and Charcoal Heating Methods	2019		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Chemical research in toxicology Periodical, Abbrev. Chem.Res.Toxicol. Pub Date Free Form Volume Issue Start Page Other Pages Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher ACS Publications Data Source google Authors El Hourani, Mario, Talih, Soha, Salman, Rola, Karaoghlanian, Nareg, Karam, Ebrahim, El-Hage, Rachel, Saliba, Najat Aoun, Shihadeh, Alan Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors

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