Toxicity of waterpipe tobacco smoking: the role of flavors, sweeteners, humectants, and charcoal

NOF Kassem, RM Strongin, AM Stroup… - Toxicological …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Waterpipe tobacco (WPT) smoking is a public health concern, particularly among youth and
young adults. The global spread of WPT use has surged because the introduction of pre …

Effect of sub-chronic exposure to cigarette smoke, electronic cigarette and waterpipe on human lung epithelial barrier function

B Ghosh, H Reyes-Caballero, SG Akgün-Ölmez… - BMC pulmonary …, 2020 - Springer
Background Taking into consideration a recent surge of a lung injury condition associated
with electronic cigarette use, we devised an in vitro model of sub-chronic exposure of human …

Waterpipe tobacco smoke and health: What we have learned from rodent models?

AM Rababa'h, AN Mardini, MA Ababneh, KH Alzoubi - Life Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Aims Waterpipe smoking (WPS) is a popular form of tobacco smoking. This is due to the
misperception that WPS is less detrimental than cigarette smoking. This review aimed to …

Waterpipe smoke condensate influences epithelial to mesenchymal transition and interferes with the cytotoxic immune response in non-small cell lung cancer cell …

RF Zaarour, P Prasad, GH Venkatesh… - Oncology …, 2021 - spandidos-publications.com
Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WPS) continues to spread globally and presents serious health
hazards. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of treatment with WPS …

Analysis between cigarette and shisha smokers for early atherogenesis: A cardiovascular disease

D Iqbal, IW Burhan, RK Choudhary… - Journal of …, 2021 - classical.goforpromo.com
Aims: Tobacco smoking is a major health issue in Saudi Arabia, particularly among the
student population. Smoking is one of the major risk factors in the genesis of coronary …

Health claims, marketing appeals, and warnings on popular brands of waterpipe tobacco packaging sold in the United States

EL Sutfin, AJ Lazard, EK Soule… - Nicotine and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Waterpipe tobacco (WT) smoking is associated with misperceptions of harm,
especially among users. WT packaging contains imagery, flavor descriptors, and text claims …

The CHRNA5 polymorphism (rs16969968) and its association with waterpipe smoking addiction among Jordanians

TK Al-Omoush, KH Alzoubi, OF Khabour… - Arab journal of basic …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Waterpipe smoking is a form of tobacco use that causes nicotine/tobacco dependence and
has become a global health problem. In this study, the association of rs16969968 SNP in the …

Waterpipe tobacco smoking and other multiple sclerosis environmental risk factors

NM Alkhawajah, S Aljarallah, L Hussain-Alkhateeb… - …, 2022 - karger.com
Introduction: There are a number of well-established risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS).
Other factors, however, showed conflicting or inconsistent results. Here, we examine some …

[HTML][HTML] Building the evidence base for waterpipe regulation and policy

W Maziak, E Sharma - Tobacco control, 2020 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Waterpipe (hookah, shisha, narghileh) smoking is emerging as an epidemic, particularly
among young people in the USA and globally. Unlike cigarettes, waterpipe smoking …

Chronic exposure to waterpipe smoke elicits immunomodulatory and carcinogenic effects in the lung

M Hassane, Z Rahal, N Karaoghlanian, J Zhang… - Cancer Prevention …, 2022 - AACR
Abstract Effects of waterpipe smoking on lung pathobiology and carcinogenesis remain
sparse despite the worldwide emergence of this tobacco vector. To address this gap, we …