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ArticleF1000Research2018

Features of the waterpipe tobacco industry: A qualitative study of the third International Hookah Fair.

Neil Singh, Mohammed Jawad, Andrea Darzi, Tamara Lotfi, Rima Nakkash, Benjamin Hawkins, Elie A Akl

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Article in F1000Research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Unsubstantiated Claims by the Hookah Tobacco Industry to Exempt Flavored Hookah Tobacco Products From Flavor Bans.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Neil SinghBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK.
Mohammed JawadPublic Health Policy Evaluation Unit, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1051-2136
Andrea DarziClinical Research Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Tamara LotfiClinical Research Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0001-6101-3946
Rima NakkashDepartment of Health Promotion and Community Health, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Benjamin HawkinsDepartment of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Elie A AklClinical Research Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

Funding

Tobacco Companies, Public Policy and Global HealthR01CA091021 · NCI · U OF L LONDON SCH/HYGIENE &TROPICAL MED · PI LEE, KELLEY · 2001 to 2018
$5.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA091021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

CommerceHumansInternational AgenciesQualitative ResearchSmokingSmoking Water PipesTobacco IndustryTobacco, Waterpipehookahindustryshishasmokingtobaccowaterpipe

Identifiers

PMID30728948
PMCPMC6347030

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