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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, Mhd Obai Alchallah, Fatema Mohsen, Mosa Shibani, Hlma Ismail, Mhd Amin Alzabibi, Bisher Sawaf   +6 more
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Perspectives of Medical Students’ Tendency toward Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: A Qualitative Research [PDF]

Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2023
Background: Water pipe tobacco smoking is used as a traditional way of smoking, but its ascending trend and increasing consumption has become a global phenomenon, which has been associated with increased consumption of fruity or flavored tobaccos.
Abdolghani Abdollahimohammad, Mohammadreza Firouzkouhi   +1 more
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The effects of water-pipe smoking on birth weight: a population-based prospective cohort study in southern Iran [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2018
OBJECTIVES Consecutive community health assessments revealed that water-pipe smoking in women and impaired growth in children were among the main health concerns in suburban communities in southern Iran.
Shahrzad Nematollahi, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Mahmood Mahmoodi, Azin Alavi, Mohammad Shekari, Kourosh Holakouie-Naieni   +6 more
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Relationship between extraversion and tobacco smoking among high school students

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020
Background: There is limited information about the relationship between extraversion, as a personality trait, and the modes of tobacco smoking. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between extraversion and cigarette and water-pipe ...
Hadi Pashapour, Saeed Musavi, Hossein Dadashzadeh, Asghar Mohammadpoorasl   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of an Educational Intervention on Male Students’ Intention to Quit Water Pipe Smoking: an Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) [PDF]

Journal of Education and Community Health, 2020
Aims: Water pipe smoking has become very popular among young people. Regarding to the increasing prevalence of water pipe smoking among students, the aim of this study was to determine the effects of an educational intervention based on Theory of Planned
Hamid Joveini, Tahereh Dehdari, Masoumeh Hashemian, Mina Maheri, Reza Shahrabadi, Alireza Rohban, Ali Mehri, Hasan Eftekhar Ardebili   +7 more
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Measurement the Physiological Properties of Water Pipe Smokers in Shekhan Distract

Kurdistan Journal of Applied Research, 2019
Smoking is one of the old habits used by humans before 400 years ago, where this custom was exclusively used in males with the development of time, tools, ingredients and flavors that used in hookah the women also started smoking, which led to an ...
Abdullah. M. Al-Saiegh, Turki Sabri Haji, Jihan Saado Ahmed, Alaa Azzo Aslo, Firas Faris Khalaf   +4 more
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Evaluation of concurrent use of tobacco products (water pipe and cigarettes) and associated factors in adults in Tehran

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Dual use of tobacco products such as cigarettes and water pipe may be associated with increased risk of nicotine dependence and smoking-related complications. Accurate statistics are not available in this regard in Iran.
Zahra Hessami, Gholam Reza Heydari, Hooman Sharifi, Mohammad Reza Masjedi, Sogol Sobhani   +4 more
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Assessing the Protective Role of Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) against Water-Pipe Smoke-Induced Toxicity: A Comparative Study on Gene Expression and Histopathology

Molecules, 2023
Exposure to water-pipe smoking, whether flavored or unflavored, has been shown to instigate inflammation and oxidative stress in BALB/c mice. This consequently results in alterations in the expression of inflammatory markers and antioxidant genes.
Wajdy Al-Awaida, Khang Wen Goh, Hamzeh J. Al-Ameer, Yulia Sh. Gushchina, Vladimir I. Torshin, Alexandr E. Severin, Omar Al Bawareed, Besan Srour, Jude Al Farraj, Islam Hamad   +9 more
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Deteriorations of pulmonary function, elevated carbon monoxide levels and increased oxidative stress amongst water-pipe smokers

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2017
Objectives: A water pipe (hookah) is a tobacco smoking tool which is thought to be more harmless than a cigarette, and there are no adequate studies about its hazards to health.
Funda Karaduman Yalcin, Mukremin Er, H. Canan Hasanoglu, Hatice Kilic, Aysegul Senturk, Aysegul Karalezli, Merve Ergin, Ozcan Erel   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intention to quit water pipe smoking among Iranian women: a qualitative directed content analysis

BMC Women's Health, 2020
Background Water-pipe smoking is the most common type of tobacco used among Iranian women. The aim of this study was to explain women’s perceptions of their intention for quitting water-pipe smoking based on the theory of planned behavior.
Leila Sabzmakan, Fatemeh Eslami, Shirin Shahbazi Sighaldeh, Nkeonye Judith Izuka   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source