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Evaluation of ‘Shisha No Thanks’ – a co-design social marketing campaign on the harms of waterpipe smoking

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Waterpipe (shisha) is becoming increasingly popular worldwide, particularly among young people; and in some countries, it is one of the few forms of tobacco use that is increasing.
Lilian Chan, Nouhad El-Haddad, Becky Freeman, Ross MacKenzie, Lisa Woodland, Blythe J. O’Hara, Ben F. Harris-Roxas   +6 more
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Evaluation of Surgical Cases of Lung Cancer Admitted in Shiraz Referral Hospitals, Southern Iran in 2009–2022

Cancer Reports, Volume 8, Issue 3, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Introduction Globally, lung cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and continues to take the lead in cancer‐related mortality rates. This study aims to provide the latest statistics on the clinical, histopathological, and epidemiological features of lung cancer patients who underwent surgical resection in referral hospitals in ...
Sara Dehghani, Alireza Rezvani, Reza Shahriarirad, Mohammad Sadegh Rajabian, Bizhan Ziaian, Mohammad Javad Fallahi, Parviz Mardani, Armin Amirian   +7 more
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Inverse association between cigarette and water pipe smoking and hypertension in an elderly population in Iran: Bushehr elderly health programme. [PDF]

, 2017
The collected data in Bushehr Elderly Health (BEH) Program which had detailed the data on participants' smoking status and habits, was analysed to investigate the association between smoking of both water pipes and cigarettes and hypertension in an ...
Darabi, H, Heshmat, R, Larijani, B, Mehboudi, MB, Mehrdad, N, Nabipour, Iraj, Ostovar, Afshin, Raeisi, Alireza, Shafiee, G, Vahdat, Katayoun   +9 more
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Secondhand smoke in waterpipe tobacco venues in Istanbul, Moscow, and Cairo [PDF]

Environmental Research, 2015
The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking has risen in recent decades. Controlled studies suggest that waterpipe secondhand smoke (SHS) contains similar or greater quantities of toxicants than cigarette SHS, which causes significant morbidity and mortality. Few studies have examined SHS from waterpipe tobacco in real-world settings.
Moon, Katherine A., Magid, Hoda, Torrey, Christine, Rule, Ana M., Ferguson, Jacqueline, Susan, Jolie, Sun, Zhuolu, Abubaker, Salahaddin, Levshin, Vladimir, Çarkoğlu, Aslı, Radwan, Ghada Nasr, El-Rabbat, Maha, Cohen, Joanna E., Strickland, Paul, Navas-Acien, Ana, Breysse, Patrick N.   +15 more
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Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions About E‐Cigarette Smoking Among Students in the Dental Fields in Jordan

International Journal of Dentistry, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Introduction: Tobacco use is common in Jordan, with electronic cigarettes (e‐cigarettes) becoming more prevalent, especially among the youth. Despite this trend, very few studies have been conducted on e‐cigarette use among dental students, who should be more informed about the consequences of e‐cigarette use on oral health.
Suhair R. Obeidat, Zain A. Malkawi, Omar F. Khabour, Amani Gh. AlSa’di, Mario Dioguardi   +4 more
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Better view on attitudes and perceived parental reactions behind waterpipe smoking among Iranian students

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2015
Background: Because of the increasing usage of waterpipe globally, we need to know more about the different factors related to waterpipe and cigarette smoking.
Hamidreza Roohafza, Zahra Kasaei, Kamal Heidari, Razieh Omidi, Tahereh Alinia, Mojtaba Naji, Morid Jaberifar, Masoumeh Sadeghi   +7 more
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Tracing PAHs in Indoor Dusts as Thirdhand Smoke: The Association With Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) and Probabilistic Human Risk Assessment

Indoor Air, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Tobacco smoke is a significant contributor to indoor air pollution and poses serious health risks. This study surveyed the levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in smoker household dust and the association between PAHs in dust and symptoms of sick building syndrome (SBS).
Hossein Arfaeinia, Sara Dadipoor, Farshid Soleimani, Yadolah Fakhri, Ehsan Ramezanian Nik, Reza Saeedi, Nooshin Abbasi, Fatemeh Barzin, Narayan Babu Dhital   +8 more
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Unmasking Ethylbenzene Exposure in Residential Buildings and Schools With a Comprehensive Systematic Review

Indoor Air, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
In the contemporary context of lifestyles, where individuals typically spend around 90% of their lifetimes indoors, indoor air quality becomes a crucial concern with implications for human health. This research examines ethylbenzene concentration in residential and educational buildings, evaluating associated risks. Extensive searches of databases such
Ali Momen, Ali Taherkhani, Kosar Shahabi, Roohollah Rostami, Li Yang   +4 more
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Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking among Arab Youth; a Cross-Country Study

Ethnicity & Disease, 2016
<p><strong>Objective:</strong> Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) is considered a global epidemic that is spreading among youth. Our analysis was<br />conducted to compare the national baseline prevalence rate estimates of WTS among Arab boys and girls.</p><p><strong>Design, Setting and Participants:</strong>
Khalid A, Kheirallah, Jomana W, Alsulaiman, Al-Sakran, Mohammad H, Sukaina, Alzyoud, Sreenivas P, Veeranki, Kenneth D, Ward   +5 more
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تعيين ارتباط کشيدن قليان با تغييرات ايجاد شده در شاخص‌های اسپيرومتری در افراد با شکايات تنفسی مراجعه کننده به بيمارستان‌های حضرت رسول اکرم(ص) و شهدای هفتم‌تير شهر تهران Evaluation of the Effects of Hubble-Bubble(Waterpipe) Smoking on Pulmonary Function in Patients with Respiratory Symptoms Referred to Hazrat Rasoul and Haft-e-Tir Hospitals in Tehran [PDF]

, 2006
زمينه و هدف: افزايش قابل توجه مصرف قليان در کشورهای خاورميانه از جمله ايران، امروزه به يک معضل اجتماعی ـ بهداشتی تبديل شده است. اين در حالی است که پژوهش‌ها، سياست‌ها و تلاش‌های اخير بيش‌تر برروی مصرف سيگار تمرکز دارند.
احتشامی‌افشار, امین, عميدشاهی, امیرعباس, فرشته‌نژاد, سید محمد, ناصربخت, مرتضی, نقشين, روزبه   +4 more
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