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-  2015 

Exhaled Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Hookah Smokers: A Public Health Concern

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18314/gjct.v1i1.31

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Current public policy does not reflect health risk awareness associated with hookah smoking. Although, cigarette??? smoking has gained considerable attention accompanied by public restrictions, hookah smoking continues to??? increase as an unrestricted, socially acceptable means of recreation. This study identified novel biomarkers??? altered by hookah smoking compared to cigarette smoking using exhaled breath condensate collected from??? nonsmokers, hookah smokers and cigarette smokers pre and post smoking. Both cigarette and hookah smokers had higher levels of inflammatory mediators suggestive of inflammasome activation as well as altered expression??? of miR-217 and miR-17, which are known to regulate inflammasome activation and promote oncogenesis. To assess current public knowledge of risk factors and behaviors associated with hookah smoking, and if knowledge??? of hookah dangers would influence smoking behaviors, the experimental data were integrated into a survey??? emphasizing cancer risk associated with hookah smoking. Survey results indicated that 70% of study participants??? were encouraged to abstain from hookah smoking after gaining knowledge of cancer risk associated with hookah.??? The identification of behaviors associated with hookah smoking and novel biomarkers of health risk may influence its public health regulation and facilitate community health education

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