Estimating the beginning of the waterpipe epidemic in Syria

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Authors

Samer Rastam · Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies

Kenneth D. Ward · Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies

Thomas Eissenberg · Virginia Commonwealth University

Wasim Maziak · Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies

Abstract

The introduction of new flavored and aromatic waterpipe tobacco (Maassel), and the proliferation of satellite and electronic media during the nineties may have helped spread the new hype all over the Arab World.

Topics & Keywords

Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Influenza Virus Research Studies Travel-related health issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Public Health

Volume 4, Issue 1, pp. 32-32

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-4-32

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