Background: People respond to stressful situations differently based on their ethnicity.1 This study explored the impact of ethnicity coping strategies used deal with work-related stress among Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service (HMCAS) paramedics in Qatar before and during COVID-19 pandemic. It is associated work conducted by same team.2,3Methods: An online survey combining validated t...

INTRODUCTION In 2002, 16 focus groups with young adult smokers who used or had tried nontraditional tobacco products (e.g., bidis, shisha, herbal cigarettes, kreteks, cigars, herbal smokeless products) were conducted in Dallas, Texas, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, to gain an understanding of the appeal of these products. METHODS In each city, groups were segmented by race or ethnicity and by ed...

Hookah smoking is rapidly increasing in popularity in the United States, particularly among urban youth, college students, and young professionals. The most common prevalence is among ages 18–24 y. Alarmingly, some studies suggest there is significant use among middle and high school students as well.1 Hookahs are water pipes that are used to smoke tobacco heated by charcoal. Hookah tobacco com...

BACKGROUND We have recently published some work on CEA levels in hookah (also called narghile, shisha elsewhere) and cigarette smokers. Hookah smokers had higher levels of CEA than non-smokers although mean levels were low compared to cigarette smokers. However some of them were also users of other tobacco products (cigarettes, bidis, etc.). OBJECTIVES To find serum CEA levels in ever/exclusi...

BACKGROUND/AIM Water-pipe smoking (WPS) has acquired worldwide popularity, and is disseminating particularly rapidly in Europe and North America. However, little is known about the short-term cardiovascular effects of WPS. METHODS Presently, we assessed the short-term cardiovascular effects of nose-only exposure to mainstream WPS in BALB/c mice for 30 min/day for 5 consecutive days. Control m...