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ArticleTobacco control2017

Consensus statement on assessment of waterpipe smoking in epidemiological studies.

Wasim Maziak, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Mohammed Jawad, Rima Afifi, Rima Nakkash, Elie A Akl, Kenneth D Ward, Ramzi G Salloum, Tracey E Barnett, Brian A Primack and 5 more

Abstract readConsensus Statement
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Article in Tobacco control, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Concurrent Alcohol Use and Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: Smoking Topography, Toxicant Exposure, and Abuse Liability.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020
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  13. "Scary and Effective, Definitely Pushes Me to Quit Smoking": Developing Waterpipe Pictorial Health Warnings Targeting Young Adults in Lebanon.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Wasim MaziakDepartment of Epidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.
Ziyad Ben TalebDepartment of Epidemiology, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.
Mohammed JawadDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Rima AfifiDepartment of Health Promotion and Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Rima NakkashDepartment of Health Promotion and Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Elie A AklDepartment of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Kenneth D WardSyrian Center for Tobacco Studies, Aleppo, Syria.
Ramzi G SalloumDepartment of Health Outcomes and Policy, and Institute for Child Health Policy, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Tracey E BarnettDepartment of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Brian A PrimackCenter for Research on Media, Technology, and Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Scott ShermanDepartments of Population Health, Medicine and Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York University, New York, New York, USA.
Caroline O CobbDepartment of Psychology and Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Erin L SutfinDepartment of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Thomas EissenbergSyrian Center for Tobacco Studies, Aleppo, Syria.
Expert Panel on Waterpipe Assessment in Epidemiological Studies

Funding

Training and Education Core p270-287P50DA036105 · NIDA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI EISSENBERG, THOMAS EVAN · 2013 to 2017
$19.2M
Advancing addiction research and capacity to guide tobacco control in the EasternR01DA035160 · NIDA · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI MAZIAK, WASIM · 2012 to 2017
$1.5M
Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research for Dr. Scott ShermanK24DA038345 · NIDA · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI SHERMAN, SCOTT E · 2014 to 2018
$923k
NIDA NIH HHS K24 DA038345NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA036105NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA035160
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous epidemiological accounts suggest that waterpipe smoking (aka hookah, shisha, narghile) has become a global phenomenon, especially among youth. The alarming spread of waterpipe and accumulating evidence of its addictive and harmful effects represent a new threat in the global fight to limit tobacco-related morbidity and mortality. In response to waterpipe's alarming trends, major public health and tobacco control organisations have started or are considering systematic collection of data about waterpipe smoking to monitor its trends and assess its harmful effects in different societies. Such plans require coordination and agreement on epidemiological measurement tools that reflect the uniqueness of this tobacco use method, and at the same time allow comparison of waterpipe trends across time and place, and with other tobacco use methods. We started a decade ago our work to develop standardised measures and definitions for the assessment of waterpipe smoking in epidemiological studies. In this communication, we try to expand and update these assessment tools in light of our increased knowledge and understanding of waterpipe use patterns, its context and marketing, as well as the need for evidence-guided policies and regulations to curb its spread. We have assembled for this purpose a group of leading waterpipe researchers worldwide, and worked through an iterative process to develop the suggested instruments and definitions based on what we know currently about the waterpipe epidemic. While the suggested measures are by no means comprehensive, we hope that they can provide the building blocks for standard and comparable surveillance of waterpipe smoking globally.

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Epidemiologic Research DesignConsensusEpidemiologic StudiesGlobal HealthHumansPublic HealthSmokingTobacco ProductsTobacco Use DisorderNon-cigarette tobacco productsPublic policySurveillance and monitoring

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PMID27165995
PMCPMC5104675

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