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ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences

Effect of Cigarette and Shisha smoking on cognitive functions impairment: A cross sectional study.

Shahid Bashir, Ghulam Murtaza, Sultan Ayoub Meo, Abeer Al-Masri

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Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors.

Shahid BashirShahid Bashir Berenson-Allen Centre for non Invasive brain stimulation, Boston, MA, Harvard Medical School, USA.
Ghulam MurtazaGhulam MurtazaDepartment of Zoology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan.
Sultan Ayoub MeoSultan Ayoub Meo, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abeer Al-MasriAbeer Al-Masri, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesCigarette and Shisha smoking is becoming a common practice in young generation worldwide. Since, this is a growing threat to public health, our study aims to investigate the cognitive function responses of cigarette and Shisha inhalation in adolescents.

methodsThis retrospective cross sectional study comprised three groups, cigarette smoker, Shisha smoker, and nonsmoker control group (each n=25). All the participants were apparently healthy male volunteers aged 21-24 years. Cognitive functions were assessed by employing "Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery". The cognitive functions outcome variables were response time tasks (attention switching task (AST) and the percentage of correct answers pattern recognition memory (PRM) task.

resultsCigarette and Shisha smokers exhibited a considerable decline in cognitive performance parameters, AST mean correct latency (

conclusionsCigarette and Shisha smokers exhibited significant impairment in their cognitive functions. The present study findings convince that cigarette and Shisha smokers should quit smoking.

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CANTABCigaretteCognitive functionsShishaSmoking

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PMID32704286
PMCPMC7372665

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