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NIH-funded researchers have shown
waterpipe smoking, popular among U.S.
college students, carries serious health
risks.
The use of hookahs, or waterpipes, to smoke tobacco and herbal products is increasing in global popularity, but there is little or no regulation of them.
The following resources may be useful to researchers and policymakers working to contribute to the body of hookah smoking research, and to educate smokers about associated health risks.
Toxicity research | Behavior research | Advocacy articles | Advocacy orgs | Fact sheets
Toxicity of hookah smoking - research findings
Recent publications on hookah smoking research supported by NIH , as listed in PubMed
- The waterpipe: an emerging global risk for cancer
November 26, 2012 (online), Cancer Epidemiology - The effects of waterpipe tobacco smoking on health outcomes: a systematic review
March 4, 2010 (online), International Journal of Epidemiology - Waterpipe tobacco smoking: an emerging health crisis in the United States
May 1, 2010, American Journal of Health Behavior - Comparison of nicotine and carcinogen exposure with water pipe and cigarette smoking
March 5, 2013 (online), Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention - Waterpipe tobacco smoking and cigarette smoking: a direct comparison of toxicant exposure and subjective effects
December 2, 2010 (online), Nicotine and Tobacco Research - Waterpipe tobacco and cigarette smoking: direct comparison of toxicant exposure
December 2009, American Journal of Preventive Medicine - Comparison of carcinogen, carbon monoxide, and ultrafine particle emissions from narghile waterpipe and cigarette smoking: Sidestream smoke measurements and assessment of second-hand smoke emission factors
January 1, 2010, Atmospheric Environmental - Acute effects of waterpipe tobacco smoking: a double-blind, placebo-control study
July 1, 2011, Drug and Alcohol Dependence - Nicotine, carbon monoxide, and carcinogen exposure after a single use of a water pipe
September 9, 2011 (online), Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention - CO exposure, puff topography, and subjective effects in waterpipe tobacco smokers
May 6, 2009 (online), Nicotine and Tobacco Research - Phenolic compounds in particles of mainstream waterpipe smoke
November 22, 2012 (online), Nicotine and Tobacco Research - Waterpipe-associated particulate matter emissions
March 2008, Nicotine and Tobacco Research - Volatile aldehydes in the mainstream smoke of the narghile waterpipe
September 11, 2008 (online), Food and Chemical Toxicology - Charcoal burning as a source of polyaromatic hydrocarbons in waterpipe smoking
September 5, 2013 (online), Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B: Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes - In vitro effects of waterpipe smoke condensate on endothelial cell function: a potential risk factor for vascular disease
February 28, 2013, Toxicology Letters - In vitro cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of mainstream waterpipe smoke and its functional consequences on alveolar type II derived cells
April 10, 2012 (online), Toxicology Letters - Assessment of DNA damage using chromosomal aberrations assay in lymphocytes of waterpipe smokers
June 2012, International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health - Genotoxic effects of waterpipe smoking on the buccal mucosa cells
July 9, 2008 (online), Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis - Acute exposure to waterpipe tobacco smoke induces changes in the oxidative and inflammatory markers in mouse lung
August 2012, Inhalation Toxicology - Comparative analysis of waterpipe and cigarette suppression of abstinence and craving symptoms
May 2011, Addictive Behaviors
Hookah smoking behavior - scientific papers
- The global epidemic of waterpipe smoking
January-February 2011, Addictive Behaviors - Tobacco smoking using a waterpipe: a re-emerging strain in a global epidemic
December 2004, Tobacco Control - Smoking trajectories across high school: sensation seeking and hookah use
January 15, 2013, Nicotine and Tobacco Research - Understanding tobacco-related attitudes among college and noncollege young adult hookah and cigarette users
December 7, 2013, Journal of American College Health - Characteristics of U.S. waterpipe users: a preliminary report
December 2007, Nicotine and Tobacco Research - Waterpipe tobacco smoking: knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behavior in two U.S. samples
February 2008, Nicotine and Tobacco Research - Factors associated with perceptions of hookah addictiveness and harmfulness among young adults
January 17, 2013, Substance Abuse - Waterpipe smoking among U.S. university students
May 28, 2012 (online), Nicotine and Tobacco Research - A descriptive study of waterpipe smoking among college students
September 24, 2012 (online), Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners - Associations between hookah tobacco smoking knowledge and hookah smoking behavior among US college students
September 15, 2012 (online), Health Education Research - Waterpipe and cigarette smoking among college athletes in the United States
January 2010, The Journal of Adolescent Health - Predictors of initiation of hookah tobacco smoking: a one-year prospective study of first-year college women
December 2012, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors - Prevalence, frequency, and initiation of hookah tobacco smoking among first-year female college students: a one-year longitudinal study
February 2012, Addictive Behaviors - Prevalence of and associations with waterpipe tobacco smoking among U.S. university students
August 22, 2008 (online), Annals of Behavioral Medicine - Beliefs and norms associated with smoking tobacco using a waterpipe among college students
April 4, 2012 (online), Journal of Addictions Nursing - Psychosocial factors and health-risk behaviors associated with hookah use among college students
October 24, 2011, Journal of Addiction Research and Therapy - Water-pipe tobacco smoking among middle and high school students in Arizona
Published on February 1, 2009, Pediatrics - A multiyear survey of waterpipe and cigarette smoking on a US university campus
September 24, 2012 (online), Journal of American College Health - Prevalence and correlates of waterpipe tobacco smoking by college students in North Carolina
May 1, 2011, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Hookah policy advocacy - articles
- The waterpipe: time for action
September 5, 2008 (online), Addiction - US health policy related to hookah tobacco smoking
September 2012, American Journal of Public Health - Water pipe smoking among the young: the rebirth of an old tradition
March 2012, Nursing Clinics of North America - Affecting perceptions of harm and addiction among college waterpipe tobacco smokers
April 6, 2011 (online), Nicotine and Tobacco Research - Patterns of waterpipe use and dependence: implications for intervention development
January 2005, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior - Waterpipe tobacco products: nicotine labelling versus nicotine delivery
May 2012, Tobacco Control
Hookah policy advocacy - organizations
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Advisory note: Waterpipe tobacco smoking: health effects, research needs and recommended actions by regulators - American Lung Association
Report: Tobacco Policy Reports and Resources , including report "Hookah smoking - A growing threat to public health" - Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Statement: Survey Finds Increased Youth Use of Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products: Yet Another Warning that FDA Must Take Action - Tobacco Control Legal Consortium
Fact sheet: Regulatory Options for Hookahs and Water Pipes (2013) - American Cancer Society
Article: Hookahs are trendy, but are they safe?
Fact sheets on hookahs
- CDC: Fact sheet on hookahs
- FDA: Flavored Tobacco Fact Sheet
- 111th Congress: The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009
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