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Journal of Global Health Reports, 2022 # Background Shisha smoking predisposes the users to cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and infections, such as tuberculosis, hepatitis, and herpes. In Ethiopia, there is little data on the adolescents' shisha smoking experience.
Selamawit Hirpa +10 more
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Is Smoking Shisha Safer than Cigarettes: Comparison of Health Effects of Shisha and Cigarette Smoking among Young Adults in Kuwait [PDF]
Medical Principles and Practice, 2015 <b><i>Objective:</i></b> The aim of this study was to compare the health effects of shisha smoking with cigarette smoking among male college students in Kuwait. <b><i>Subjects and Methods:</i></b> This cross-sectional study was conducted on 525 male students in Kuwait from September to October 2013.
Hamid Husain +6 more
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The Professional Medical Journal, 2015 Worldwide, annual rate of 4.9 million deaths have been reported due to thetobacco abuse and this rate might rise to 10 million in the next 20-30 years. Seventy percentof these deaths take place in developing countries. Objectives: To determine the prevalenceand knowledge of shisha-smoking among the university students of Jamshoro and HyderabadSindh ...
Nehan Syed +2 more
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Pioneer Journal of Biostatistics and Medical Research, 2023 Background: Smoking is a significant menace to the public’s health because it directly causes more than seven million deaths worldwide each year. Smoking shisha is a type of tobacco consumption in which smoke is filtered by way of water before being inhaled.
Iram Yasmin, Yasar Nawaz, Uzma Rasool
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Diyala Journal of Medicine, 2021 Background: Shisha involve charcoal, wood, or coal that conation tobacco to heat up. Tobacco inside the shisha called maassel, which often used. So shisha smoking is popular in every country especially among young people.
Bayan Sabr Ebrahim
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Cultural challenges to secondary prevention: Implications for Saudi women [PDF]
, 2012 Like other highly developed countries, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) are major health problems in Saudi Arabia. The aetiology of cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden within the Saudi population is similar to Western ...
Clark, Robyn +3 more
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BMC Public Health, 2018 Background All over the globe shisha smoking is fast growing among different age brackets. Shisha use has been reported to be increasing among youths in African major cities.
Omoboriowo Joad Omotehinwa +3 more
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Potential harmful health effects of inhaling nicotine-free shisha-pen vapor: a chemical risk assessment of the main components propylene glycol and glycerol [PDF]
, 2015 Background A shisha-pen is an electronic cigarette variant that is advertised to mimic the taste of a water pipe, or shisha. The aim of this study was to assess the potential harmful health effects caused by inhaling the vapor of a nicotine-free shisha ...
Anne S Kienhuis +5 more
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Shisha Smokers’ Desire To Quit Shisha Smoking Habit: Findings From A Nigerian Pilot Survey [PDF]
Global Psychiatry, 2019 Abstract Objectives To explore the reasons why shisha smokers indulge in shisha smoking habit, and to also explore their attitudes towards quitting shisha smoking habit Methods A total of 45 current shisha smokers ...
Faruk Abdullahi Mohammed +5 more
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Prevalence of tobacco smoking among health-care physicians in Bahrain [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: There is a clear shift in smoking habits among the Middle Eastern population with a recent and alarming increase in the prevalence of waterpipe (shisha) smoking.
Almuqamam, Mohamed A +5 more
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