Waterpipe smoking and health outcomes: review of evidence and road map for an international consortium.

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Title: Waterpipe smoking and health outcomes: review of evidence and road map for an international consortium.
Authors: Toorang F; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.; Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Etemadi A; Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA., Dar NA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, India., Soliman A; City University of New York (CUNY) Medical School and the Journal of Cancer Education, New York, New York, USA., Klosterhalfen S; Institute of General Practice (ifam), Centre for Health and Society (chs), Addiction Research and Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Duesseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University, Dusseldorf, Germany., Ansari-Moghaddam A; Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran., Ghantous A; Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France., Romani M; Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut and WHO FCTC Waterpipe tobacco smoking knowledge hub, Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon., Hadji M; Health Units, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland., Punzo A; Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy., Rashidian H; Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Lotfi F; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy., Sadat Seyyedsalehi M; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy., Siea AC; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy., Caliceti C; Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy., El-Gohary S; Tobacco Free Initiative, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO EMRO), Cairo, Egypt., AlMulla AM; Tobacco Control Center, WHO Collaborating Center, Department of Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar., Yahia Al Ameer A; Department Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Malekzadeh R; Digestive Diseases Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Mir MM; Department of Clinical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Zaatari GS; WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking, the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon., Maziak W; Department of Epidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA., Freedman ND; Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA., Boffetta P; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy paolo.boffetta@unibo.it kzendeh@sina.tums.ac.ir.; Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA., Zendehdel K; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy paolo.boffetta@unibo.it kzendeh@sina.tums.ac.ir.; Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Source: Tobacco control [Tob Control] 2026 Jun 22. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jun 22.
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