Health Effects of Waterpipe Tobacco Use: Getting the Public Health Message Just Right
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Health Effects of Waterpipe Tobacco Use: Getting the Public Health Message Just Right
Many public health messages benchmark the harms of waterpipe tobacco against those of cigarettes, usually using numerical magnitudes of risk. This approach, although well intentioned, could be perceived as alarmist, damaging scientific credibility, and giving an unintended impression that one tobacco product is less harmful than the other. This commentary makes clear the harm waterpipe tobacco ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tobacco Use Insights
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1179-173X,1179-173X
DOI: 10.1177/1179173x17696055