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Interventions for waterpipe tobacco smoking prevention and cessation: a systematic review.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions for waterpipe smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Preventing and controlling water pipe smoking: a systematic review of management interventions.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions towards waterpipe tobacco smoking amongst college or university students: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2019Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Influencing Perceptions of Harm of Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Among One Member of Couples Who Use Waterpipe.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Trial
- Effects of mental simulation of future waterpipe tobacco smoking on attitudes, perceived harms and intended use among young adults.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Trial
- Tailored Mobile Messaging Intervention for Waterpipe Tobacco Cessation in Young Adults: A Randomized Trial.American journal of public health · 2021Trial
- The Attitudinal and Motivational Effects of Anti-waterpipe Messages.American journal of health behavior · 2019Trial
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Theory-Informed School-Based Intervention to Prevent Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: Changes in Knowledge, Attitude, and Behaviors in 6th and 7th Graders in Lebanon.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Trial
- The impact of a brief cessation induction intervention for waterpipe tobacco smoking: A pilot randomized clinical trial.Addictive behaviors · 2018Trial
- Waterpipe Smoking Among Japanese Teens and Young Adults: an Emerging Public Health Concern.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Article
- Waterpipe use among people who smoke in rural Vietnam: Secondary analysis from the M2Q2 randomized clinical trial.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2026Article
- Trends and Disparities in Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Among US Adolescents and Adults: PATH Study 2013-2021.Tobacco use insights · 2024Article
- Correlates of motivation to quit waterpipe tobacco smoking among US young adults: implications for cessation interventions.Health education research · 2023Article
- Monitoring and Combating Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Through Surveillance and Taxation.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- Integrating Self-Report and Psychophysiological Measures in Waterpipe Tobacco Message Testing: A Novel Application of Multi-Attribute Decision Modeling.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Changes in Attitude to Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking among Youngsters in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2021Article
- Transitions in hookah (Waterpipe) smoking by U.S. sexual minority adults between 2013 and 2015: the population assessment of tobacco and health study wave 1 and wave 2.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Smoking cessation interventions in South Asian countries: protocol for scoping review.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Withdrawal Symptoms among Cigarette and Waterpipe Smokers: A Study in Natural Setting.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2021Article
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Abstract
Waterpipe tobacco smoking is growing in popularity despite adverse health effects among users. We systematically reviewed the literature, searching MEDLINE, EMBASE and Web of Science, for interventions targeting prevention and cessation of waterpipe tobacco smoking. We assessed the evidence quality using the Cochrane (randomised studies), GRADE (non-randomised studies) and CASP (qualitative studies) frameworks. Data were synthesised narratively due to heterogeneity. We included four individual-level, five group-level, and six legislative interventions. Of five randomised controlled studies, two showed significantly higher quit rates in intervention groups (bupropion/behavioural support versus placebo in Pakistan; 6 month abstinence relative risk (RR): 2.3, 95% CI 1.4-3.8); group behavioural support versus no intervention in Egypt, 12 month abstinence RR 3.3, 95% CI 1.4-8.9). Non-randomised studies showed mixed results for cessation, behavioural, and knowledge outcomes. One high quality modelling study from Lebanon calculated that a 10% increase in waterpipe tobacco taxation would reduce waterpipe tobacco demand by 14.5% (price elasticity of demand -1.45). In conclusion, there is a lack of evidence of effectiveness for most waterpipe interventions. While few show promising results, higher quality interventions are needed. Meanwhile, tobacco policies should place waterpipe on par with cigarettes.
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