How popular is waterpipe tobacco smoking? Findings from internet search queries.

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Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS), a traditional tobacco consumption practice in the Middle East, is gaining popularity worldwide. Estimates of population-level interest in WTS over time are not documented. We assessed the popularity of WTS using World Wide Web search query results across four English-speaking countries.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Tob Control

Title: Tobacco control

ISSN (Electronic): 1468-3318

ISSN (Print): 0964-4563

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 2015

Volume: 24

Issue: 5

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[1 ] Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

[2 ] Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

[3 ] Department of Epidemiology, Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies, Aleppo, Syria.

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Publisher Item ID: tobaccocontrol-2014-051675 Mid ID: NIHMS683995

DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-051675

PubMed ID: 25052859

SO-VID: 408b4ffc-30bd-42e7-8639-79974374e410

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Keywords: Global health,Non-cigarette tobacco products,Surveillance and monitoring

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Keywords: Global health, Non-cigarette tobacco products, Surveillance and monitoring

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