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The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking among the general and specific populations: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to systematically review the medical literature for the prevalence of waterpipe tobacco use among the general and specific populations. METHODS: We electronically searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the ISI the Web of Science. We selected studies using a two-sta...

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Autores principales: Akl, Elie A, Gunukula, Sameer K, Aleem, Sohaib, Obeid, Rawad, Jaoude, Philippe Abou, Honeine, Roland, Irani, Jihad
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3100253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21504559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-244
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author Akl, Elie A
Gunukula, Sameer K
Aleem, Sohaib
Obeid, Rawad
Jaoude, Philippe Abou
Honeine, Roland
Irani, Jihad
author_facet Akl, Elie A
Gunukula, Sameer K
Aleem, Sohaib
Obeid, Rawad
Jaoude, Philippe Abou
Honeine, Roland
Irani, Jihad
author_sort Akl, Elie A
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description BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to systematically review the medical literature for the prevalence of waterpipe tobacco use among the general and specific populations. METHODS: We electronically searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the ISI the Web of Science. We selected studies using a two-stage duplicate and independent screening process. We included cohort studies and cross sectional studies assessing the prevalence of use of waterpipe in either the general population or a specific population of interest. Two reviewers used a standardized and pilot tested form to collect data from each eligible study using a duplicate and independent screening process. We stratified the data analysis by country and by age group. The study was not restricted to a specific context. RESULTS: Of a total of 38 studies, only 4 were national surveys; the rest assessed specific populations. The highest prevalence of current waterpipe smoking was among school students across countries: the United States, especially among Arab Americans (12%-15%) the Arabic Gulf region (9%-16%), Estonia (21%), and Lebanon (25%). Similarly, the prevalence of current waterpipe smoking among university students was high in the Arabic Gulf region (6%), the United Kingdom (8%), the United States (10%), Syria (15%), Lebanon (28%), and Pakistan (33%). The prevalence of current waterpipe smoking among adults was the following: Pakistan (6%), Arabic Gulf region (4%-12%), Australia (11% in Arab speaking adults), Syria (9%-12%), and Lebanon (15%). Group waterpipe smoking was high in Lebanon (5%), and Egypt (11%-15%). In Lebanon, 5%-6% pregnant women reported smoking waterpipe during pregnancy. The studies were all cross-sectional and varied by how they reported waterpipe smoking. CONCLUSION: While very few national surveys have been conducted, the prevalence of waterpipe smoking appears to be alarmingly high among school students and university students in Middle Eastern countries and among groups of Middle Eastern descent in Western countries.
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spelling pubmed-31002532011-05-24 The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking among the general and specific populations: a systematic review Akl, Elie A Gunukula, Sameer K Aleem, Sohaib Obeid, Rawad Jaoude, Philippe Abou Honeine, Roland Irani, Jihad BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to systematically review the medical literature for the prevalence of waterpipe tobacco use among the general and specific populations. METHODS: We electronically searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the ISI the Web of Science. We selected studies using a two-stage duplicate and independent screening process. We included cohort studies and cross sectional studies assessing the prevalence of use of waterpipe in either the general population or a specific population of interest. Two reviewers used a standardized and pilot tested form to collect data from each eligible study using a duplicate and independent screening process. We stratified the data analysis by country and by age group. The study was not restricted to a specific context. RESULTS: Of a total of 38 studies, only 4 were national surveys; the rest assessed specific populations. The highest prevalence of current waterpipe smoking was among school students across countries: the United States, especially among Arab Americans (12%-15%) the Arabic Gulf region (9%-16%), Estonia (21%), and Lebanon (25%). Similarly, the prevalence of current waterpipe smoking among university students was high in the Arabic Gulf region (6%), the United Kingdom (8%), the United States (10%), Syria (15%), Lebanon (28%), and Pakistan (33%). The prevalence of current waterpipe smoking among adults was the following: Pakistan (6%), Arabic Gulf region (4%-12%), Australia (11% in Arab speaking adults), Syria (9%-12%), and Lebanon (15%). Group waterpipe smoking was high in Lebanon (5%), and Egypt (11%-15%). In Lebanon, 5%-6% pregnant women reported smoking waterpipe during pregnancy. The studies were all cross-sectional and varied by how they reported waterpipe smoking. CONCLUSION: While very few national surveys have been conducted, the prevalence of waterpipe smoking appears to be alarmingly high among school students and university students in Middle Eastern countries and among groups of Middle Eastern descent in Western countries. BioMed Central 2011-04-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3100253/ /pubmed/21504559 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-244 Text en Copyright ©2011 Akl et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Akl, Elie A
Gunukula, Sameer K
Aleem, Sohaib
Obeid, Rawad
Jaoude, Philippe Abou
Honeine, Roland
Irani, Jihad
The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking among the general and specific populations: a systematic review
title The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking among the general and specific populations: a systematic review
title_full The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking among the general and specific populations: a systematic review
title_fullStr The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking among the general and specific populations: a systematic review
title_full_unstemmed The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking among the general and specific populations: a systematic review
title_short The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking among the general and specific populations: a systematic review
title_sort prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking among the general and specific populations: a systematic review
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3100253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21504559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-244
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