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Carbon monoxide levels in water pipe smokers in rural Laos PDR: Figure 1

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Regional trends indicate that tobacco waterpipe (TWP) smoking is common in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) and is increasing in global popularity.1–4 EMR TWP smokers use a commercially manufactured pipe (figure 1A)5 that is loaded with tobacco and sold in pre-weighed packages of 50 g or more. The EMR TWP user inhales a combination of tobacco and charcoal smoke after it has passed through water. Despite the mistaken belief that the water bath of the EMR TWP filters out harmful and/or addictive components,3 ,6–8 recent data indicates that EMR TWP smokers are exposed to biologically harmful levels of nicotine, tar, metals, volatile aldehydes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds and expired carbon monoxide (CO).9 Figure 1 (A) Eastern mediterranean tobacco waterpipe (left), (B) Asian tobacco waterpipe (right). In the Western Pacific Region, the Asian tobacco water pipe (ATWP, figure 1B) is a homemade pipe that consists of a tube (made of …

Source: Tobacco Control

DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050431

Authors: Jaime Rivas Lopez, Khamphithoune Somsamouth, Boualoy Mounivong, Ryan Sinclair, Pramil N Singh

Institutions: Loma Linda University, Ministry of Health

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Public Health Service, Fogarty International Center