Water-pipe [narguile] smokers in Lebanon: a pilot study

Abstract

Fumeurs de narguilé (pipe à eau) au Liban : une étude pilote RÉSUMÉ Nous avons réalisé une étude comparative afin d'évaluer les caractéristiques démographiques et sociales des fumeurs de narguilé, le lien avec la consommation de cigarettes et les maladies respiratoires chroniques, et le type de dépendance de quatre groupes : des sujets fumant uniquement le narguilé, des sujets fumant uniquement des cigarettes, des sujets fumant les deux et des sujets ne fumant pas du tout. La consommation de cigarettes était significativement plus élevée du point de vue statistique chez les sujets qui fumaient le narguilé que chez les autres ; 36,5 % des sujets fumant uniquement le narguilé en fumaient au moins sept par semaine. On signalait davantage de maladies respiratoires chroniques et de bronchite chronique chez les sujets fumant uniquement le narguilé que chez les non-fumeurs. La consommation de narguilé semble être un facteur de risque de maladie respiratoire chronique aussi important que la consommation de cigarettes.ABSTRACT We carried out a comparative study to assess the demographic and social characteristics of water pipe (WP) smokers, the association with cigarette smoking and chronic respiratory diseases and the dependence profile on 4 groups: exclusive WP smokers, exclusive cigarette smokers, mixed smokers and absolute non-smokers. Cigarette smoking was statistically significantly higher in WP smokers than non-WP smokers; 36.5% of exclusive WP smokers smoked ≥ 7 WPs/week. Chronic respiratory disease and chronic bronchitis were reported more frequently in exclusive WP smokers than absolute non-smokers. WP smoking seems to be as great a risk factor as cigarette smoking for chronic respiratory disease. ‫ارتيادية‬ ‫دراسة‬ ‫لبنان:‬ ‫يف‬ ‫(النارجيلة)‬ ‫الشيشة‬ ‫مدخنو‬‫عون‬ ‫زينة‬ ‫سالمة،‬ ‫باسكال‬ ‫واكد،‬ ‫مرينا‬ ‫(النرجيلة)،‬ ‫الشيشة‬ ‫ملدخني‬ ‫واالجتامعية‬ ‫الديمغرافية‬ ‫اخلصائص‬ ‫لتقيـيم‬ ‫مقارنة‬ ‫دراسة‬ ‫الباحثات‬ ‫أجرت‬ ‫اخلالصـة:‬ ‫جمموعات‬ ‫ألربع‬ ‫االعتامد‬ ‫مرتسم‬ ‫نَ‬ ْ

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