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Prevalence and Determinants of Non-daily Smoking Among Iranian University Students: A Web-based Survey [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health System Journal, 2023 Background and aims: Usually non-daily smokers do not consider themselves smokers, and they are at a higher level of health risks due to smoking compared to non-smokers.
Farhad Shekari +4 more
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Journal of Techniques, 2023 Water pipe (WP) is also referred to as Narghile, Hubble-bubble, Ghoza, and Hookah, depending on the country. Water pipe tobacco smoking is a type of tobacco consumption that involves smoking flavored or unflavored tobacco via a single or multi-stemmed ...
Ahmed K. Jawad +2 more
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JMIR Infodemiology, 2023 BackgroundSocializing is one of the main motivations for water pipe smoking. Restrictions on social gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic might have influenced water pipe smokers’ behaviors.
Zihe Zheng +4 more
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Effect of Water-Pipe Smoking on the Normal Development of Zebrafish [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 Background: Among all types of tobacco consumption, Water-Pipe Smoking (WPS) is the most widely used in the Middle East and second-most in several other countries. The effect of WPS on normal development is not yet fully understood, thus the aim of this study is to explore the acute toxicity effects of WPS extract on zebrafish larvae.
Zain Zaki Zakaria +8 more
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Use of electronic cigarettes and hookah in Brazil: a new and emerging landscape. The Covitel study, 2022 [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2023 Objective: To estimate the prevalence of current commercial cigarette smoking, as well as those of e-cigarette and hookah experimentation and current use among adults (≥ 18 years of age) in Brazil.
Ana Maria Baptista Menezes +6 more
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Effect of Educational Intervention based on the Theory of Planned Behavior on Preventing Water Pipe Smoking in Secondary School Students [PDF]
Journal of Education and Community Health, 2020 Aims: Water pipe smoking, especially among young people, has been on the rise and the increasing prevalence of tobacco use among students is worrying. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of educational intervention based on the theory of ...
Ali Khani-jeihooni +4 more
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Syncope associated with water pipe smoking [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2013 The water pipe (narghile) in particular is widely used in the Arabian Peninsula and the Turkish world, and has also recently become an increasingly popular way of consuming tobacco in Europe. Contrary to popular belief, it contains more tar, carbon monoxide (CO) and toxic gases than cigarettes.
Yunus, Karaca +3 more
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Water pipe smoking as a cause of secondary erythrocytosis [PDF]
Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2019 Water pipe (WP) smoking has become very popular in European countries. A 27-year-old male patient was referred to our clinic with erythrocytosis of unknown origin. His self-reported history included almost daily WP smoking since the age of 14 years. At presentation haemoglobin, haematocrit (Hct) and carboxy-haemoglobin (CO-Hb) levels were elevated to ...
Javorniczky, Nora Rebeka +4 more
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International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020 Background: Water-pipe smoking is increasing around the world. However, there is no comprehensive information on nicotine addiction in water-pipe smokers.
Zahra Hessami +5 more
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Prevalence and behavior regarding cigarette and water pipe smoking among Syrian undergraduates
Heliyon, 2020 Background: The devastating Syrian crisis has raised concern regarding the social acceptance of smoking especially with water pipe use becoming a growing epidemic.
Homam Alolabi +6 more
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