Hazards from Smoking

Oral Health Hazards of Water Pipe Smoking: Current Evidence.

Water pipe smoking (WPS) has been a traditional habit in the Middle Eastern Society for hundreds of years. The WPS users have a false sense of safety due to its casual use in social gatherings. It was estimated that about 70% of WPS users believe it to be a safe alternative to cigarette smoking.1 Further, the use of flavored tobacco has led to its growing popularity, especially among youngsters.

Cigarette Smoking and Its Hazards in Kidney Transplantation

Cigarette smoking affects many organs. It causes vasoconstriction through activation of sympathetic nervous system which leads to elevation of blood pressure and reduction in glomerular filtration rate and filtration pressure. It also causes thickening of renal arterioles. Cigarette smoking increases the risk of microalbuminuria and accelerates progression of microalbuminuria to macroalbuminuri...

Hazards from the kitchen tap.

Commentary: Mendelian randomization study of tobacco smoking and cardiovascular risk factors: hazards of tobacco smoking greatly outweigh any benefits.

Tobacco smoking is a major cause of adult mortality worldwide. On average about 50% of young men and 10% of young women are current smokers. Whereas tobacco smoking accounted for about 5 million deaths in 2010, this could double and result in 10 million deaths in a few decades from now, when the current smokers reach middle and old age. Prospective studies in the UK, USA, Japan and India have e...

Smoking behavior of males attending the quit tobacco clinics in Bahrain and their knowledge on tobacco smoking health hazards

BACKGROUND One third of Bahraini adult (20-64 years) males and 7.0% of females use some form of tobacco. The corresponding rates for cigarette and waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) are 11.0% and 6.0%, respectively. The objective of the study was to determine the knowledge on tobacco smoking and past smoking related behavior of male patients attending the Quit Tobacco Clinics (QTC) in Bahrain. M...