Genotoxicity of waterpipe smoking in young adults from Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Waterpipe, also known as a hookah or narghile, is a type of tobacco products consumption device. Recently it has been increasingly popular in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region. Waterpipe consumers are predominantly adolescents and young adults. Many of them believe in slighter harmful effects of waterpipes, compared to cigarettes. We aimed to determine the DNA damage in oral leukocytes and buccal cells of young individuals who have smoked a waterpipe for more than one year.

Methods

The study group consisted of 40 cigarette non-smokers who regularly smoked a waterpipe on average of once per week. As a control, 40 non-smoking individuals were selected to match smokers for age. All participants in the study were healthy male and female adults from Bosnia and Herz

SUBMITTER: Cetkovic Pecar T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10276226 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature