The prevalence and trends of waterpipe tobacco smoking: A systematic review

M Jawad, R Charide, R Waziry, A Darzi, RA Ballout… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Waterpipe tobacco smoking is harmful to health however its prevalence
estimates remain uncertain. We aimed to systematically review the medical literature on …

Now is the time to advocate for interventions designed specifically to prevent and control waterpipe tobacco smoking

AA Lopez, T Eissenberg, M Jaafar, R Afifi - Addictive behaviors, 2017 - Elsevier
Waterpipe tobacco usage is spreading rapidly worldwide, with reports of more youth being
waterpipe users compared to adults. In many areas of the world, waterpipe usage surpasses …

Lebanese Waterpipe Dependence Scale (LWDS-11) validation in a sample of Lebanese adolescents

S Hallit, S Obeid, H Sacre, P Salameh - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Salameh et al. developed the Lebanese Waterpipe Dependence Scale (LWDS-
11) that assesses nicotine dependence among adult waterpipe smokers. In view of the high …

Waterpipe tobacco smoking among university students in three eastern Mediterranean countries: patterns, place, and price

RG Salloum, JH Lee, A Mostafa… - Substance use & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The objective of this study was to examine waterpipe tobacco smoking
patterns, places of smoking, and prices paid among university students in the Eastern …

Hazards of cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and waterpipe in a Middle Eastern Population: a Cohort Study of 50 000 individuals from Iran

A Etemadi, H Khademi, F Kamangar… - Tobacco …, 2017 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Background There is limited information about the hazards of cigarettes, smokeless tobacco
and waterpipe in the Middle East. The aim of this study was to determine the association …

Gum Arabic ameliorates impaired coagulation and cardiotoxicity induced by water-pipe smoke exposure in mice

A Nemmar, S Al-Salam, S Beegam, P Yuvaraju… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Water-pipe smoking (WPS) is prevalent in the East and elsewhere. WPS exposure is known
to induce thrombosis and cardiovascular toxicity involving inflammation and oxidative stress …

Comparison of a preferred versus non-preferred waterpipe tobacco flavour: subjective experience, smoking behaviour and toxicant exposure

EL Leavens, LM Driskill, N Molina… - Tobacco …, 2018 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Introduction One possible reason for the rapid proliferation of waterpipe (WP) smoking is the
pervasive use of flavoured WP tobacco. To begin to understand the impact of WP tobacco …

Factors associated with waterpipe tobacco smoking among Lebanese women

KN Daou, IR Bou-Orm, SM Adib - Women & health, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) has become a serious public health threat in the Middle
East and beyond. To estimate the prevalence rates of cigarette and WTS among Lebanese …

[HTML][HTML] Waterpipe smoke inhalation potentiates cardiac oxidative stress, inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, apoptosis and autophagy in experimental …

A Nemmar, S Al-Salam, S Beegam, NE Zaaba… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cigarette smoking worsens the health of hypertensive patients. However, less is known
about the actions and underlying mechanisms of waterpipe smoke (WPS) in hypertension …

Assessing BTEX concentrations emitted by hookah smoke in indoor air of residential buildings: health risk assessment for children

Z Tabatabaei, MA Baghapour, M Hoseini… - … of Environmental Health …, 2021 - Springer
Hookah smoke is one of the major indoor sources of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs),
including Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylenes (BTEX). The present study aimed …