A 20-year-old woman was brought by ambulance to the emergency department of a district hospital after an episode of presyncope. She described symptoms of severe light-headedness, mild headache and nausea, but denied experiencing weakness or sensory disturbances. Seizure activity was not reported. She had used a waterpipe for 1 hour before the onset of symptoms. Although this was her first hospi...

INTRODUCTION Our aim was to assess the visibility and efficiency of graphic health warnings (GHWs) on waterpipe tobacco packs (WTPs) and to explore other more effective places to display them for better impact. We also evaluated the visibility of GHWs when placed on the waterpipe device. METHODS We conducted 3 cross-sectional study phases using face-to-face survey questionnaires in 2014-2015. P...

BACKGROUND Cotinine levels provide a valid measure of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). The goal of this study was to examine exposure to tobacco smoke among smoking and nonsmoking Israeli adults and to identify differences in ETS exposure among nonsmokers by socio-demographic factors. METHODS We analyzed urinary cotinine data from the first Israeli human biomonitoring study cond...

INTRODUCTION Waterpipe tobacco smoking prevalence is increasing worldwide despite its documented health effects. A general belief that it is less harmful than cigarettes may be fuelled by the lack of media campaigns highlighting its health effects. We aimed to create and assess the impact of a social media campaign about dangers of waterpipe smoking. METHODS The "ShishAware" campaign included...