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ArticleThe Science of the total environment2014

A study on particles and some microbial markers in waterpipe tobacco smoke.

P Markowicz, J Löndahl, A Wierzbicka, R Suleiman, A Shihadeh, L Larsson

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Article in The Science of the total environment, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Indoor Air Pollutants of PM2.5, Carbon Monoxide, Nicotine, and Carcinogens in Waterpipe Bars.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026
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  10. Bioaerosols in the waterpipe cafés: genera, levels, and factors influencing their concentrations.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

P MarkowiczLund University, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Medical Microbiology, Sölvegatan 23, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden.
J LöndahlDivision of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden.
A WierzbickaDivision of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden.
R SuleimanMechanical Engineering Department, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
A ShihadehMechanical Engineering Department, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
L LarssonLund University, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Medical Microbiology, Sölvegatan 23, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: lennart.larsson@med.lu.se.
Lund University · SEAmerican University of Beirut · LB

Funding

REALTIME waterpipe tobacco smoke toxicant sampling in the natural environmentR01DA025659 · NIDA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI EISSENBERG, THOMAS EVAN, SHIHADEH, ALAN · 2011 to 2015
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NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA025659
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Waterpipe smoking is becoming increasingly popular worldwide. Research has shown that cigarette smoke, in addition to hundreds of carcinogenic and otherwise toxic compounds, may also contain compounds of microbiological origin. In the present study we analyzed waterpipe smoke for some microbial compounds. Both of the two markers studied, viz 3-hydroxy fatty acids of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and ergosterol of fungal biomass, were found in waterpipe tobacco, in amounts similar as previously found in cigarette tobacco, and in smoke. Waterpipe mainstream smoke contained on average 1800 pmol LPS and 84.4 ng ergosterol produced per session. An average concentration of 2.8 pmol/m(3) of LPS was found in second hand smoke during a 1-2-h waterpipe smoking session while ergosterol was not detected; corresponding concentrations from smoking five cigarettes were 22.2 pmol/m(3) of LPS and 87.5 ng/m(3) of ergosterol. This is the first time that waterpipe smoking has been shown to create a bioaerosol. In the present study we also found that waterpipe smoking generated several polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and high fraction of small (<200 nm) particles that may have adverse effects on human health upon inhalation.

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Carbon MonoxideErgosterolLipopolysaccharidesPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsTobacco ProductsTobacco Smoke PollutionWater MicrobiologyCarbon MonoxideErgosterolLipopolysaccharidesPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsTobacco Smoke PollutionErgosterolLipopolysaccharideLung depositionTobaccoTotal particulate matter (TPM)Waterpipe

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PMID25181042
PMCPMC4297659
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