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The use of planned behavior theory in predicting cigarette smoking among Waterpipe smokers

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2017
Introduction Waterpipe and cigarette smoking have been found to be associated with each other as cigarette smokers were more likely to be waterpipe users than non-cigarette smokers.
Naif H. Alanazi, Jerry W. Lee, Hildemar Dos Santos, Jayakaran S. Job, Khaled Bahjri   +4 more
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The Moderating Effect of Physical Activity Between IQOS Smoking and Ventricular Repolarization Parameters in Lebanese University Students [PDF]

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Cigarette smoking is a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and sudden cardiac death, in part through abnormalities in ventricular repolarization. However, little data are available on other tobacco products and alternative tobacco use delivery devices, such as heated tobacco products, as well as the modifying ...
Jean Khalil, Lucia Helou, Maria Ibrahim, Nicolas Nakhle, Mikhael Kossaify, Talal Harb, Souheil Hallit   +6 more
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Interventions for waterpipe smoking cessation [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023
While cigarette smoking has declined globally, waterpipe smoking is rising, especially among youth. The impact of this rise is amplified by mounting evidence of its addictive and harmful nature. Waterpipe smoking is influenced by multiple factors, including appealing flavors, marketing, use in social settings, and misperceptions that waterpipe is less ...
Asfar, T, Livingstone-Banks, J, Ward, KD, Eissenberg, T, Oluwole, O, Bursac, Z, Ghaddar, T, Maziak, W   +7 more
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Waterpipe smoking in Kuwait

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2010
A nonrandom sampIe of 2972 Kuwaitis answered a questionnaire about smoking behaviour and beliefs. More than one-third (35%) were nonsmokers, 45% smoked only the waterpipe, 12% only cigarettes and 8% both waterpipe and cigarettes. Compared with cigarette smokers, waterpipe smokers were more likely to be female and to be unskilled manual workers than ...
H R, Mohammed, Y, Zhang, I M, Newman, D F, Shell   +3 more
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Interventions for waterpipe smoking cessation [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015
Waterpipe tobacco smoking is a traditional method of tobacco use, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), but its use is now spreading worldwide. Recent epidemiological data, for example, show that waterpipe smoking has become the most prevalent tobacco use method among adolescents in the EMR, and the second most prevalent in the US ...
Maziak, W, Jawad, M, Jawad, S, Ward, KD, Eissenberg, T, Asfar, T   +5 more
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Towards understanding the features of the waterpipe tobacco industry: findings from two consecutive visits to the International Hookah Fair

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Understanding the internal structures of the tobacco industry is vital in the development of effective tobacco policy. Currently, little is known about the waterpipe tobacco industry.
Mohammed Jawad, Tamara Lotfi, Andrea Darzi, Neil Singh, Ben Hawkins, Rima Nakkash, Elie Akl   +6 more
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Unhealthy eating habits among adolescent waterpipe smokers in Jordan: The Irbid-TRY study

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Introduction The relationship between waterpipe smoking and eating habits among adolescents has not been investigated, thus the aim of the current study was to compare eating habits among adolescent cigarette-only, waterpipe-only, dual smokers versus non-
Nihaya A. Al-sheyab, Mahmoud A. Alomari
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The Prevalence of Substance Use Among Students and Associated Factors: A Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis [PDF]

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Substance use is a major public health and social problem that affects individuals of all ages, particularly adolescents and young adults, across every society. School as an educational environment can be suitable for education and orientation towards substances.
Nikta Bazleh
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Etiology of waterpipe smoking on the coast of Bandar Abbas city: A qualitative study of men in southern Iran [PDF]

Journal of Education and Health Promotion
BACKGROUND: An alternative form of tobacco consumption, especially in the south of Iran, is waterpipe smoking. Hormozgan province ranks third in smoking waterpipe in Iran.
Ali Asadian, Zahra Hosseini, Ahmad Sotoudeh, Mojtaba Fattahi Ardakani, Abdoljabar Zakeri, Arezoo Rajabipour   +5 more
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Toward a Regulatory Framework for the Waterpipe

American Journal of Public Health, 2016
Waterpipe smoking has been dramatically increasing among youth worldwide and in the United States. Despite its general association with misperceptions of reduced harm, evidence suggests this is a harmful and dependence-inducing tobacco use method that represents a threat to public health.
Ramzi G, Salloum, Taghrid, Asfar, Wasim, Maziak   +2 more
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