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Waterpipe tobacco smoking
Waterpipe tobacco smoking may undermine the progress made in curbing cigarette smoking
BMJ 2014; 349 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7761 (Published 31 December 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;349:g7761
- Mohammed Jawad, honorary clinical research fellow1,
- Christopher Millett, National Institute for Health Research professor of public health1
- 1Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, Hammersmith, London W6 8RP, UK
- mohammed.jawad06{at}imperial.ac.uk
The recent news report highlights how hookah pipes may serve as a gateway to cigarette smoking.1 Longitudinal studies among adolescents in Denmark and Jordan came to similar conclusions.2 3 Compared with other nicotine containing products, such as smokeless tobacco and electronic cigarettes, the gateway hypothesis for waterpipes seems to be a largely undisputed public …
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