Health Risks of Kretek Cigarettes: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The objective of this study is review the evidence on the health risks associated with smoking kretek cigarettes compared with not smoking or smoking regular cigarettes.

Methods

We conducted a systematic literature search in five electronic databases: EMBASE (Ovid), ASSIA, PubMed and Scopus. Since kretek use is largely restricted to Indonesia, we identified additional studies using an online search for grey literature and studies in Indonesian journals and the National Library of Indonesia. We included relevant search terms in English ("kretek" and "clove cigarettes") and Bahasa ("rokok" and "merokok"). We selected studies which compared any health outcome between smokers of kretek cigarettes and non-smokers or smokers of regular cigarettes. We included studies

SUBMITTER: Nuryunarsih D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8360627 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature