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Waterpipe tobacco-smoking: a new smoking epidemic among the young? [PDF]

Current Pulmonology Reports, 2015
Waterpipe (hookah, narghile) tobacco smoking (WTS) is becoming prevalent worldwide and is one of the most popular forms of tobacco use among youth. WTS prevalence has increased dramatically among youth in the United States within the past decade. Misperceived as less harmful than cigarette smoking, WTS is associated with many of the same chronic health
Eric K, Soule, Thokozeni, Lipato, Thomas, Eissenberg   +2 more
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Prevalence of tobacco smoking between 2009 and 2015 among students and the general population in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2023
Introduction Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality. Studies on smoking in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have shown inconsistent results.
Omer Abid, Ali M. Alwadey, Kamal Eldeirawi   +2 more
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Exclusive waterpipe smoking and the risk of nasopharynx cancer in Vietnamese men, a prospective cohort study

Scientific Reports, 2023
Tobacco smoking is carcinogenic to humans. Besides cigarettes, the most common form of tobacco smoking, there was sparse evidence of waterpipe’s carcinogenicity-induced nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC).
Thinh Gia Nguyen, Hung Dinh Kieu, Dung Thuy Thi Truong, Khoa Xuan Ngo, Shunya Ikeda, Ngoan Tran Le   +5 more
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Prevalence of waterpipe smoking and its associated factors among adolescents aged 12–16 years in 73 countries/territories

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
IntroductionTo describe the recent prevalence of, and trends in, waterpipe smoking and to examine its associated factors among adolescents aged 12–16 years in 73 countries/territories (hereafter “countries”).MethodsData from 72 countries that had ...
Chuanwei Ma, Hui Yang, Min Zhao, Costan G. Magnussen, Costan G. Magnussen, Costan G. Magnussen, Bo Xi   +6 more
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Waterpipe Tobacco Use in the United Kingdom: A Cross-Sectional Study among University Students and Stop Smoking Practitioners.

PLoS ONE, 2016
IntroductionDespite cigarette-like adverse health outcomes associated with waterpipe tobacco smoking and increase in its use among youth, it is a much underexplored research area.
Mohammed Jawad, Elham Choaie, Leonie Brose, Omara Dogar, Aimee Grant, Elizabeth Jenkinson, Andy McEwen, Christopher Millett, Lion Shahab   +8 more
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Examining hookah use among U.S. college students [PDF]

, 2015
textHookah smoking has become a popular form of tobacco use among college students. However, there is limited research exploring the risk factors associated with hookah use among this population. This study examined two risk factors, harm perceptions and
Chen, Yen Tzu
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Waterpipe use among the youth in Ghana: Lessons from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2017

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2020
Introduction The Global Youth Tobacco Survey’s findings have been used to support Ghana’s tobacco control legislation, monitor tobacco use among the youth and also used in meeting various Articles of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework ...
Divine D. Logo, Sardick Kyei-Faried, Felix B. Oppong, Kenneth A. Ae-Ngibise, Joana Ansong, Seidu Amenyaglo, Sampson T. Ankrah, Arti Singh, Ellis Owusu-Dabo   +8 more
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Examining the effect of waterpipe specific pictorial health warning labels among young adults in Lebanon and Tunisia: Protocol of a factorial experiment study design

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2021
Background: Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) has increased substantially in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), affecting young adults who perceive waterpipe as safer than cigarette smoking.
Rime Jebai, Taghrid Asfar, Rima Nakkash, Sara Chehab, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Wasim Maziak   +5 more
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Impact of EU flavoured tobacco ban on waterpipe smoking [PDF]

BMJ, 2014
We welcome the European Parliament’s decision to ban flavoured tobacco, among other measures, in a bid to curb smoking in young people.1 Importantly, however, this ban applies to cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco only—disappointingly, waterpipe tobacco is omitted.
Jawad, M, Millett, C
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Cigarette and waterpipe smoking among adolescents in Estonia: HBSC survey results, 1994–2006 [PDF]

, 2008
Background Smoking is a major single cause of preventable morbidity and premature mortality. Tobacco use among adolescents is a significant public health problem as smoking behaviour is undeniably established in adolescence. While cigarette smoking among
Kersti Pärna, Janika Usin, Inge Ringmets, M Leinsalu, K Pärna, A Hublet, TL Holmen, BP Zhu, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, K Holm, K Chaouachi, KD Ward, D Jackson, World Health Organization, W Maziak, W Maziak, W Maziak, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, M Richter, KD Ward   +22 more
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