Toxicity of waterpipe tobacco smoking: the role of flavors, sweeteners, humectants, and charcoal

NOF Kassem, RM Strongin, AM Stroup… - Toxicological …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Waterpipe tobacco (WPT) smoking is a public health concern, particularly among youth and
young adults. The global spread of WPT use has surged because the introduction of pre …

Exposure to Electronic Waterpipes Increases the Risk of Occlusive Cardiovascular Disease in C57BL/6J Mice

PO Badejo, SS Umphres, HEA Ali… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction It is well documented that cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of
death in the US and worldwide, with smoking being the most preventable cause …

Short-term exposure to waterpipe/hookah smoke triggers a hyperactive platelet activation state and increases the risk of thrombogenesis

AB Alarabi, ZA Karim, JEM Ramirez… - … , and vascular biology, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective: Cardiovascular disease is a major public health problem. Among cardiovascular
disease's risk factors, tobacco smoking is considered the single most preventable cause of …

Waterpipe smoke inhalation induces lung injury and aortic endothelial dysfunction in mice

A Nemmar, S Beegam, NE Zaaba… - Physiological …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WPS) inhalation has been shown to trigger endothelial
dysfunction and atherosclerosis. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects are still …

[HTML][HTML] Waterpipe smoke inhalation potentiates cardiac oxidative stress, inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, apoptosis and autophagy in experimental …

A Nemmar, S Al-Salam, S Beegam, NE Zaaba… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cigarette smoking worsens the health of hypertensive patients. However, less is known
about the actions and underlying mechanisms of waterpipe smoke (WPS) in hypertension …

Endurance exercise training attenuates the waterpipe smoke inhaling-induced learning and memory impairment in Rats: Role of neurotrophic factors and apoptotic …

M Taghipour, S Joukar, S Sadat Alavi… - Nicotine and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Introduction The increasing prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) and its
detrimental effects on memory function have been reported. This study was conducted to …

Central and peripheral hemodynamics in young adults who use water pipes and the acute effects of water-pipe use

HA Chami, M Diab, N Zaouk, S Arnaout, GF Mitchell… - Chest, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Tobacco use via water pipe (commonly referred to as water-pipe smoking
[WPS]) is popular among young adults globally and exposes those who smoke to toxicants …

[HTML][HTML] Waterpipe smoke-induced hypercoagulability and cardiac injury in mice: Influence of cessation of exposure

A Nemmar, S Al-Salam, S Beegam, NE Zaaba… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Waterpipe tobacco smoking has gained worldwide popularity, particularly among youths.
Several clinical and experimental studies have reported that waterpipe smoking (WPS) …

Evaluation of waterpipe smoke toxicity in C57BL/6 mice model

A Abi-Gerges, C Dagher-Hamalian… - Pulmonary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Waterpipe smoking is a popular pastime worldwide with statistics pointing to an alarming
increase in consumption. In the current paper, the evaluation of sub-chronic waterpipe …

Effect of smoking cessation on chronic waterpipe smoke inhalation-induced airway hyperresponsiveness, inflammation, and oxidative stress

A Nemmar, S Al-Salam, S Beegam… - American Journal of …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Waterpipe smoking (WPS) prevalence is increasing globally. Clinical and laboratory
investigations reported that WPS triggers impairment of pulmonary function, inflammation …