ArticleTobacco use insights2017
Health Effects of Waterpipe Tobacco Use: Getting the Public Health Message Just Right.
Article in Tobacco use insights, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
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- Waterpipe Tobacco Warnings: An Experimental Study Among a Nationally Representative Sample of US Young Adults.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Trial
- Nicotine-containing products and the cardiovascular system: mechanisms and global health implications.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2026Review
- Nicotine and the cardiovascular system: unmasking a global public health threat.European heart journal · 2025Article
- Waterpipe use in Germany (2018 - 2024): Prevalence and sociodemographic differences in age of initiation.Journal of health monitoring · 2025Article
- Etiology of waterpipe smoking on the coast of Bandar Abbas city: A qualitative study of men in southern Iran.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
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- Adapting waterpipe-specific pictorial health warning labels to the Tunisian context using a mixed method approach.PloS one · 2023Article
- "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 · 2022Article
- Chronic Exposure to Waterpipe Smoke Elicits Immunomodulatory and Carcinogenic Effects in the Lung.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2022Observational
- Perceived health risks associated with the use of tobacco and nicotine products during the COVID-19 pandemic.Tobacco induced diseases · 2021Article
- Predictors of nicotine dependence among adolescent waterpipe and cigarette smokers: A 6-year longitudinal analysis.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Article
- Waterpipe Use among Adolescents in Germany: Prevalence, Associated Consumer Characteristics, and Trends (German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents, KiGGS).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Waterpipe Smoking among Herat University Students: Prevalence, Attitudes, and Associated Factors.Addiction & health · 2020Article
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- Impact of electronic nicotine delivery systems and other respondent characteristics on tobacco use transitions among a U.S. national sample of women of reproductive age.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Article
- Waterpipe Nicotine Dependence and Depressive Symptoms among Adolescent Waterpipe and Dual Users.Journal of environmental and public health · 2020Article
- The impact of textual and pictorial warnings on tumbac (waterpipe tobacco) boxes on the motivation and intention to quit waterpipe smoking in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019Article
- Respiratory health and quality of life in young exclusive, habitual smokers - a comparison of waterpipe smokers, cigarette smokers and non-smokers.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2019Article
- Knowledge of health professional students on waterpipe tobacco smoking: curricula implications.BMC medical education · 2018Article
- Plasma and saliva levels of three metals in waterpipe smokers: a case control study.Inhalation toxicology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Many public health messages benchmark the harms of waterpipe tobacco against those of cigarettes, usually using numerical magnitudes of risk. This approach, although well intentioned, could be perceived as alarmist, damaging scientific credibility, and giving an unintended impression that one tobacco product is less harmful than the other. This commentary makes clear the harm waterpipe tobacco smoking poses to public health by describing its mechanism of use, consumption uptake, toxicologic profile, and documented health outcomes, as well as challenge existing thinking that toxicologic assessments are the most appropriate way to frame waterpipe tobacco health promotion messages. How can we describe the health effects of waterpipe tobacco without undermining its toxicity nor falling into the temptation of alarmist messaging? Several recommendations are provided.
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