Rise of waterpipe smoking: A well developed global public health epidemic in need of a clear and comprehensive regulatory approach

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Maziak, Wasim ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; TAR; TOBACCO TAR;

ADOLESCENT SMOKING; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING REGULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; WATERPIPE SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TARS;

EID: 84929494091     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1991     Document Type: Editorial

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