85
Participants
Start Date
October 20, 2017
Primary Completion Date
September 25, 2018
Study Completion Date
September 25, 2018
Differential effects of waterpipe smoking practices on toxicity of waterpipe tobacco smoke
In a repeated measures design, 50 adult male and female exclusive WP tobacco smokers will smoke WP tobacco weekly over a 3-week study period with 3 WP smoking practices as follows: 1) using room temperature water in the WP jar, 2) adding ice cubes to the water in the WP jar, and 3) using a charcoal-free electronic WP head to heat the tobacco. Six Spot first morning urine samples will be provided by participants. Two urine samples per each of the 3 smoking sessions. Urine samples will be provided on the day of the WP tobacco smoking session and the following day. Physiological measures will be taken at Baseline during the office visit and before and after each of the 3 WP tobacco smoking sessions.
Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, San Diego
San Diego State University
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