1982
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.72.7.722
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A study of carboxyhaemoglobin levels of cigarette and sheesha smokers in Saudi Arabia.

Abstract: A single carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) estimation of late evening blood sample among non-smokers, cigarette smokers, and sheesha smokers was evaluated among Saudis. The COHb level in smokers of 15 to 40 cigarettes a day ranged between 0.7 and 10.3 with a mean value of 6.1 ± 2.58 COHb. Values among sheesha smokers ranged between 6.5 and 13.9 with a mean value of 8.8 ± 1.83, significantly higher than those of cigarette smokers (P < 0.001) for a given degree of exposure to tobacco smoke. (Am J Public Health 1982; 72… Show more

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“…Although both types of water pipes can be found in most cafés of Lebanon in particular and in Asia and Africa in general, their characteristics and that of their users strongly differ from each other: either on the level of the corresponding smoke chemistry or on that of the smoking behaviour (volume and frequency of puffs, etc. ), as emphasised above (22,23). It is not unlikely that tumbak smokers may have found themselves among the participants in the US-AUB field study.…”
Section: Other Methodological Problemsmentioning
confidence: 96%
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“…Although both types of water pipes can be found in most cafés of Lebanon in particular and in Asia and Africa in general, their characteristics and that of their users strongly differ from each other: either on the level of the corresponding smoke chemistry or on that of the smoking behaviour (volume and frequency of puffs, etc. ), as emphasised above (22,23). It is not unlikely that tumbak smokers may have found themselves among the participants in the US-AUB field study.…”
Section: Other Methodological Problemsmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…This is the reason why flavoured moassel narghile smokers can draw such large puffs. Users of other smoking products (tumbak: pure moistened tobacco shredded leaves or jurak: unflavoured glycerol-free moassel) cannot do the same and their puffs are shallow and much less frequent (22,23). This is why the use of the 'waterpipe' neologism (implying that, when no detail is provided, all water pipes are the same in spite of their striking diversity) is absolutely inappropriate (19).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…17 Systemically, narghile smoking is associated with decreased pulmonary function leading to increased risk of chronic obstructive airway disease. 18,19 Further, there have been reports of an association with certain types of cancer including bronchogenic carcinoma, 20 oesophageal carcinoma, 21 bladder cancer 22 and pancreatic cancer. 23 Signifi cantly few studies have reported the effects of narghile smoking in the oral cavity.…”
Section: Adverse Health Effectsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…La qualité de l'air dans les bars à chicha a été examinée par certains auteurs comme Shihadeh [5], au Liban, qui a mesuré la concentration des aérosols dans l'air après une session de narguilé. D'autres auteurs comme Zahran et al [8,9] se sont intéressés au taux de carboxyhémoglobine dans le sang des clients fréquentant les cafés à chicha d'Arabie Saoudite. D'autres travaux aux États-Unis ont porté sur la composition chimique du tabac utilisé dans le narguilé et ses répercussions sur la santé [8,10].…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…D'autres auteurs comme Zahran et al [8,9] se sont intéressés au taux de carboxyhémoglobine dans le sang des clients fréquentant les cafés à chicha d'Arabie Saoudite. D'autres travaux aux États-Unis ont porté sur la composition chimique du tabac utilisé dans le narguilé et ses répercussions sur la santé [8,10]. En France, on recense quelques travaux sur la qualité de l'air intérieur comme l'étude menée par l'Observatoire de la qualité de l'air intérieur (OQAI) entre 2003 et 2005 dans plus de 700 logements [5], ou l'étude sur la qualité de l'air intérieur dans 112 immeubles de bureaux de la région parisienne, conduite par le Laboratoire d'hygiène de la ville de Paris (LHVP) entre 1986 et 1991, qui a, en partie, examiné les teneurs en CO dans les bureaux en fonction de la présence ou non de fumeurs [11].…”
Section: Introductionunclassified