US Health Policy Related to Hookah Tobacco Smoking

American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 102, No. 9, p. 47, 2012

U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-74

Posted: 20 Dec 2012

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Brian Primack

University of Pittsburgh - Medical Center (UPMC)

Maggie Hopkins

American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation

Cynthia Hallett

American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation

Mary Carroll

University of Pittsburgh - School of Medicine

Mitch Zeller

Pinney Associates

Kathleen Susan Hoke

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Kevin H. Kim

University of Pittsburgh - School of Education

Michael Fine

University of Pittsburgh - School of Education

Julie Donohue

University of Pittsburgh - Graduate School of Public Health

Date Written: September 2012

Abstract

Although US cigarette smoking is decreasing, hookah tobacco smoking (HTS) is an emerging trend associated with substantial toxicant exposure. [This study] assessed how a representative sample of US tobacco control policies may apply to HTS.

Keywords: waterpipe, cigarettes, tobacco, hookah

Suggested Citation

Primack, Brian and Hopkins, Maggie and Hallett, Cynthia and Carroll, Mary and Zeller, Mitch and Hoke Dachille, Kathleen and Kim, Kevin H. and Fine, Michael and Donohue, Julie, US Health Policy Related to Hookah Tobacco Smoking (September 2012). American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 102, No. 9, p. 47, 2012, U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-74, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2192096

Brian Primack (Contact Author)

University of Pittsburgh - Medical Center (UPMC) ( email )

Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Maggie Hopkins

American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation

2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite J
Berkeley, CA 94702
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Cynthia Hallett

American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation

2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite J
Berkeley, CA 94702
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Mary Carroll

University of Pittsburgh - School of Medicine ( email )

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Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Mitch Zeller

Pinney Associates ( email )

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United States

Kathleen Hoke Dachille

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law ( email )

500 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-1786
United States

Kevin H. Kim

University of Pittsburgh - School of Education ( email )

United States

Michael Fine

University of Pittsburgh - School of Education ( email )

United States

Julie Donohue

University of Pittsburgh - Graduate School of Public Health ( email )

Pittsburgh, PA 15260-0001
United States

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