Background & aim: Considering the epidemic of hookah smoking in young people, the main purpose of this study was to assess the adverse effects of hookah consumption in pregnant women and their fetus. Methods: This prospective cohort study was carried out in a a 13-month period in Isfahan, Iran, 2014. Data were collected using a questionnaire, interviewing, and examination. The study population ...

Povidone – Iodine has been known to have strong bactericidal and virucidal properties for a long time. It in clinical use as an antiseptic agent over fifty years. Now new indication this old drug is recommended Hookah therapy. hypothesized that form it will be effective therapeutic kill the coronavirus (SARS-COV2) or significantly inhibit its multiplication achieve cure. Details of treatment do...

objectives: the mean age of cigarette smoking has decreased along with an increase in its prevalence, in developing countries. the aim of this systematic review is to determine the prevalence of lifetime, current and daily smoking among middle school students in iran . methods: various search methods have been used in this study including searching different international databanks such as pubm...

I read Mirahmadizadeh and Nakhaee’s paper [1] on the prevalence of smoking qalyân/narghile (the local water pipe) among pregnant women in Southern Iran with great interest. While I share their concern over the prevalence, they should have cited and discussed a relevant study by Mansour Sulaiman from Saudi Arabia [2] , noting that although prenatal exposure to shisha smoke in animals lowered the...

Although youth cigarette smoking has steadily declined across the US, use of emerging tobacco products, most notably e-cigarettes and hookah, has increased.1 In 2015, 25.3% of US high school youth currently used at least one tobacco product.1 E-cigarettes were the most commonly used product (16.0%), surpassing all other products including cigarettes (9.3%), cigars (8.6%), hookah (7.2%), and smo...

Background and aims: One of the most important problems of public health is illicit drug use. The aim of this study was to assess the status of illicit drug use and associated factors among hookah smokers in Khalil Abad city in 2015. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted in Khalil Abad city (northeast of Iran) in 2015. A sample of 161 hookah users was selected using 2-stage sampling....

Background: Considering the importance of preventing smoking hookah in adolescents and the lack of a standard questionnaire in this field, this study aimed to develop and validate a Persian Preventing Hookah Smoking (PHS) Questionnaire in adolescents based on the Protection Motivation Theory. Materials and Methods: After conducting focus groups discussion, reviewing the literature and scientifi...