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Carboxyhaemoglobin levels in water-pipe and cigarette smokers

Author(s) -

Ansa Theron,

Cedric Schultz,

James A. Ker,

Nadia Falzone

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

south african medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527

H-Index - 57

eISSN - 2078-5135

pISSN - 0256-9574

DOI - 10.7196/samj.3462

Subject(s) - medicine , water pipe , cigarette smoking , smoke , cotinine , pack year , nicotine , carboxyhemoglobin , waste management , mechanical engineering , engineering , inlet , biochemistry , catalysis , chemistry , carbon monoxide

Water-pipe smoking is growing in popularity, especially among young people, because of the social nature of the smoking session and the assumption that the effects are less harmful than those of cigarette smoking. It has however been shown that a single water-pipe smoking session produces a 24-hour urinary cotinine level equivalent to smoking 10 cigarettes per day.

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