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Estimating The Beginning Of The Waterpipe Epidemic In Syria, Samer Rastam, Kenneth D. Ward, Thomas Eissenberg, Wasim Maziak
Estimating The Beginning Of The Waterpipe Epidemic In Syria, Samer Rastam, Kenneth D. Ward, Thomas Eissenberg, Wasim Maziak
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Background
Waterpipe smoking is becoming a global public health problem, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR).
Methods
We try in this study, which is a cross sectional survey among a representative sample of waterpipe smokers in cafes/restaurants in Aleppo-Syria, to assess the time period for the beginning of this new smoking hype. We recruited 268 waterpipe smokers (161 men, 107 women; mean age ± standard deviation (SD) 30.1 ± 10.2, response rate 95.3%). Participants were divided into 4 birth cohorts (≤ 1960, 1961–1970, 1971–1980, >1980) and year of initiation of waterpipe smoking and daily cigarette smoking were plotted according …