Lung cancer continues to be one of the most common causes of cancer death despite
understanding the major cause of the disease: cigarette smoking. Smoking increases lung …

Tobacco smoking with a water pipe or hookah is increasing globally. There are millions of
water pipe tobacco smokers worldwide, and in the United States, water pipe use is more …

Background: An international expert panel convened by the Independent Scientific
Committee on Drugs developed a multi-criteria decision analysis model of the relative …

Background: Social media platforms such as Twitter are rapidly becoming key resources for
public health surveillance applications, yet little is known about Twitter users' levels of …

Hookah or waterpipe smoking or use is an emerging trend in the US population, especially
among the youth. The misperception of hookah being less harmful than cigarettes and the …

Objective Noncigarette tobacco products are increasingly popular. Researchers need to
understand multiple tobacco product use to assess the effects of these products on …

Objective Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) involves passing tobacco smoke through water
prior to inhalation, and has spread worldwide. This spread becomes a public health concern …

The Arab world is comprised of 22 countries with a combined population of∼ 360 million.
The region is still at the initial stages of the tobacco epidemic, where it is expected to witness …

Objective Although accumulating evidence suggests harmful effects of waterpipe smoking,
there is limited information about its direct association with chronic diseases, notably cancer …

Background 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 …