Top Level Syrian & Canadian Experts “Firmly Believe that ““Waterpipe””™ Smoking Is an Important Risk Factor for Pancreatic Cancer. You''re Dead !

[note: video link right at the end]

Context of the Hookah Cancer War : The US-American University of Beirut (the teams who prepared the WHO report and on which the whole world relies : 1 hookah = 200 cigarettes, you know how the song goes, folks...) has been awarded $3 million by the US National Cancer Institute for more antismoking publications against shisha smoking. By chance, this took place immediately after the release of the dangerously popular study on hookah smoking and cancer byPakistani and French doctors...

In this context, a recent publication reveals that because "the longer duration of a WPS [““Waterpipe””™ Smoking] session leads to a much higher yield of tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals than cigarette smoking. The water pipe smoker may therefore inhale the equivalent of 100 or more cigarettes." Consequently, [the world top experts] firmly believe that WPS is an important risk factor in the development of several human cancers, especially pancreatic cancer according to Vrieling et al. study"

The "Vrielinget al." study Dr Fouad and his colleagues refers to is already a breakthrough in this field because it clearly shows that exposure to passive smoke from cigarettes causes pancreatic cancer:

Vrieling A, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Boshuizen HC, Michaud DS, Severinsen MT, Overvad K, Olsen A, Tjønneland A, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Kaaks R, Rohrmann S et al. Cigarette smoking, environmental tobacco smoke exposure and pancreatic cancer risk in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition.

and since the scientific inference that what is true for cigarettes is true for water pipes is also true...

Both pioneering studies have been published in the prestigious International Journal of Cancer (Sept 29 for the "Vrieling et al." study).

In other words, the evidence that people have been dying of these cancers over 4 centuries will be available soon. Don't believe ? See that, the greatest hypothesis of the century :

Fouad FM, Rastam S, Moustafa AE. Involvement of water pipe smoking in the development of human pancreatic cancer. Int J Cancer. 2009 Nov 23. [Epub ahead of print]

If you wish to protect the pancreases of your family or have friends who have pancreas but also smoke hookah, send your support to the international Focal Point: Dr Al-Moustafa at Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Take care, not this one !

You can also lovingly voice your support over the phone by singing him the "Ya Mostafa Ya Mostafa, Ana Bahebek Ya Mostafa!" (Mostafa, Mostafa, I love your science and I love you so my Mostafa!).

Watch the video and Dance on YouTube . Enjoy oriental sublime sensuality (sorry for the hookah, they left it for after the dance show...) in this world fraught with vulgarity, hatred and violence)

FULL LYRICS (thanks to Allthelyrics)

"Cherie je t'aime chérie je t'adore

My Darling I Love you My Darling I Adore You

Como La Salsa Del Pomodoro

Like Tomato Sause(Salsa)

Tu M'as allumet Avec Une Allumette

You Had Burn Me With A Match

Et Tu Me Fais Perdre La Tete

And You Made Me Lose My Head

Tu M'as allumet Avec Une Allumette

You Had Burn Me With A Match

Et Tu Me Fais Perdre La Tete

And You Made Me Lose My Head

Cherie je t'aime cherie je t'adore

My Darling I Love you My Darling I Adore You

Como La Salsa Del Pomodoro

Like Tomato Sause(Salsa)

Cherie je t'aime cherie je t'adore

My Darling I Love you My Darling I Adore You

Como La Salsa Del Pomodoro

Like Tomato Sause(Salsa)

ya moustafa ya moustafa Ana Bahebak Ya Moustafa

Moustafa Moustafa I Love You Moustafa (ya Is An Arabic Calling Pronon)

Sabaa Senin Fel Attarine

seven years in Attarine (Attarine Is a neighborhood In Alexandria-Egypt)

Delwaty geina J'imagine

Now We're Back I Am Imagining

Taala Ya Moustafa

Come On Mostafa

Come on Mostafa You Son of Al Sarhan (Scatterbrained)

Di Ta'mira agami We Lef 'Al Giran (This is Agami, goza/hookah tobacco] And Go [and pass over] to The Neighbors

wamma yigi keifo keifo

And When He Gets the "Keyf" (the "high" from tobacco smoking)

Yeshrab 'Ala Keifo Keifo

He can smoke as he likes

Thanks..

Ahmed Zamzam (French & Arabic Translation)”

[MATERIAL ADDED Feb 24, 2010 ]

READ ALSO the articles below to get a picture of the whole story :

A critique of recent hypotheses on oral (and lung) cancer induced by water pipe (hookah, shisha, narghile) tobacco smoking

Cancer risks of hookah (shisha, narghile) tobacco use require further independent sound studies

and how the authors saved their face thanks to a BIG LIE :

Ethics of ““Waterpipe”” Antismoking Research and Suggested Guidelines:How researchers from the US-funded antismoking Syrian centre succeeded in slipping in a huge lie in the International Journal of Cancer

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International Team of Syrian, Chinese, Canadian Experts “Firmly Believe that ““Waterpipe””™ Smoking Can Provoke Lung Cancer as Well as Oral Cancer"

[note: video link right at the end]

Context of the Hookah Cancer War : The US-American University of Beirut (the teams who prepared the WHO report and on which the whole world relies : 1 hookah = 200 cigarettes, you know how the song goes, folks...) has been awarded $3 million by the US National Cancer Institute for more antismoking publications against shisha smoking. By chance, this took place immediately after the release of the dangerously popular study on hookah smoking and cancer byPakistani and French doctors...

In this context, a recent publication reveals that because “it is well known that water pipe smokers inhale the equivalent of 100 or more cigarettes which can affect the lungs and the oral cavity of the smokers, “therefore, [the top experts] firmly believe that WPS [““WaterPipe””™ Smoking] can provoke lung cancer as well as oral cancer”

In other words, the evidence that people have been dying of these cancers over 4 centuries will be available soon. Don't believe ? See that, the greatest hypothesis of the century :

Rastam S, Li FM, Fouad FM, Kamal HM, Akil N, Moustafa AE. Water pipe smoking and human oral cancers. 1. Med Hypotheses. Nov 3, 2009.

If you wish to protect your family or have friends who smoke hookah, send your support to the international Focal Point: Dr Al-Moustafa at Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Take care, not this one !

You can also lovingly voice your support over the phone by singing him the "Ya Mostafa Ya Mostafa, Ana Bahebek Ya Mostafa!" (Mostafa, Mostafa, I love your science and I love you so my Mostafa!).

Watch the video and Dance on YouTube . Enjoy oriental sublime sensuality (sorry for the hookah, they left it for after the dance show...) in this world fraught with vulgarity, hatred and violence)

FULL LYRICS (thanks to Allthelyrics)

"Cherie je t'aime chérie je t'adore

My Darling I Love you My Darling I Adore You

Como La Salsa Del Pomodoro

Like Tomato Sause(Salsa)

Tu M'as allumet Avec Une Allumette

You Had Burn Me With A Match

Et Tu Me Fais Perdre La Tete

And You Made Me Lose My Head

Tu M'as allumet Avec Une Allumette

You Had Burn Me With A Match

Et Tu Me Fais Perdre La Tete

And You Made Me Lose My Head

Cherie je t'aime cherie je t'adore

My Darling I Love you My Darling I Adore You

Como La Salsa Del Pomodoro

Like Tomato Sause(Salsa)

Cherie je t'aime cherie je t'adore

My Darling I Love you My Darling I Adore You

Como La Salsa Del Pomodoro

Like Tomato Sause(Salsa)

ya moustafa ya moustafa Ana Bahebak Ya Moustafa

Moustafa Moustafa I Love You Moustafa (ya Is An Arabic Calling Pronon)

Sabaa Senin Fel Attarine

seven years in Attarine (Attarine Is a neighborhood In Alexandria-Egypt)

Delwaty geina J'imagine

Now We're Back I Am Imagining

Taala Ya Moustafa

Come On Mostafa

Come on Mostafa You Son of Al Sarhan (Scatterbrained)

Di Ta'mira agami We Lef 'Al Giran (This is Agami, goza/hookah tobacco] And Go [and pass over] to The Neighbors

wamma yigi keifo keifo

And When He Gets the "Keyf" (the "high" from tobacco smoking)

Yeshrab 'Ala Keifo Keifo

He can smoke as he likes

Thanks..

Ahmed Zamzam (French & Arabic Translation)”

[MATERIAL ADDED Feb 24, 2010 ]

READ ALSO the articles below to get a picture of the whole story :

A critique of recent hypotheses on oral (and lung) cancer induced by water pipe (hookah, shisha, narghile) tobacco smoking

Cancer risks of hookah (shisha, narghile) tobacco use require further independent sound studies

and how the authors saved their face thanks to a BIG LIE :

Ethics of ““Waterpipe”” Antismoking Research and Suggested Guidelines:How researchers from the US-funded antismoking Syrian centre succeeded in slipping in a huge lie in the International Journal of Cancer

YOU ARE NOT ON THE HOME PAGE of the OBSERVATORY on HOOKAH OR HEALTH (Narghile, "Waterpipe"™, Health, Risks, Dangers, Diseases, Tar, Nicotine, Cancer). CLICK HERE to go there!

Powerful Collaboration with the California’s Clean Air Project: "Hookah in Your Community: Ideas for Action"

The Observatory on Hookah or Health is happy to announce a powerful collaboration with the California’s Clean Air Project. Here are the mainlines of the project titled "Hookah in Your Community: Ideas for Action", originally designed by ETR Associates.

EXCERPTS:

“Currently, there are over 90 hookah venues in California [Now, there are hundreds]. Their growth has tripled in the past three years. The primary concerns over hookah are both health-related and compliance-related (Labor Code 6404.5, The California Smoke-free Workplace Law). If you have questions about hookah […] or need further assistance, please contact CCAP (California’s Clean Air Project) at 916-452-8065" (page 3)

"When a hookah smoker is exposed to hookah smoke (the addictive stimulant nicotine) for 45–60 minutes, it is the equivalent of smoking 15 cigarettes" (page 4)

"Hookah tobacco contains the same chemicals found in all tobacco, including nicotine, carcinogens and nitros[a]mines. Secondhand hookah smoke contains the same cancer-causing particulates found in secondhand cigarette smoke. In addition, the charcoal used in the tobacco heating process produces the toxin, carbon monoxide" (page 4)

Diana Bonta, Director, California Department of Health Services-July 21, 2003: “The use of hookah pipes is not a safe alternative to cigarette smoking. Smoking hookah pipes has been reported to cause oral, oesophageal and lung cancer as well as heart disease, chronic bronchitis and of course, nicotine addiction” (page 4)

"All bona fide retail tobacco shops are exempt from the California Smoke-free Workplace Act (Labor Code 6404.5) and may allow smoking inside an enclosed workplace. A hookah venue that serves food and/or beverages for consumption on the premises does not meet the definition of a tobacco store. Therefore, it cannot claim an exemption from the Smoke-free Workplace Act and allow smoking indoors. Obtaining a tobacco retail license from the State of California allows a hookah business to sell tobacco. However, such a license does not allow for smoking of the product inside a workplace where the Smoke-free Workplace act otherwise prohibits smoking.

“A ‘tobacco store’ is defined as a retail business that meets all of the following requirements: (A) Primarily sells tobacco products. (B) Generates more than 60 percent of its gross revenues annually from the sale of tobacco products and tobacco paraphernalia. (C) Does not permit any person under 18 years of age to be present or enter the premises at any time, unless accompanied by the person’s parent or legal guardian, as defined in Section 6903 of the Family Code: (D) Does not sell alcoholic beverages or food for consumption on the premises”" (pages 4-5)

"Violation of municipal codes regarding disturbing the peace – behavior of young and underage hookah customers who have over indulged at the pipe and vomit on sidewalks and streets in front of and near hookah establishments" (page 6)

"Another relevant California code, Health & Safety Code 113775, states: “Food means any raw, or processed substance, ice, beverage, including water, or ingredient intended to be used as food, drink, confection, or condiment for human consumption.” This code section is relevant because it further stipulates that hookah pipes cannot be smoked indoors where food is consumed and cannot be used in any enclosed area" (page 9)

Note: "Hookah tobacco and cigar tobacco contain the same chemicals found in all tobacco, including nicotine. Secondhand hookah and cigar smoke contain the same cancer-causing chemicals found in secondhand cigarette smoke" (page 11)


IDEAS FOR ACTION (page 10)

"# Are you concerned about hookah venues in your community ? In California, there are hookah bars, cafes and lounges that may not be compliant with the California Smoke-free Workplace Law Labor Code Section 6404.5. The following ‘Ideas for Action’ are ways to learn more about these venues and how to improve compliance with the law in your community".

"# An excellent activity for staff and coalition members to do together or separately: Visit each hookah venue in your community and stay for at least 30 minutes. Order something to eat or drink if available, sit down, and just observe what is going on. Are pipes being smoked indoors or outdoors? What is the average age of the customers? Is food being served? Are beverages being served? Do you see minors present? Are minors being allowed to smoke hookah pipes ? How is the tobacco being sold, by block (large) or square (small) ? Is there a hookah menu or advertisement about how much the tobacco or pipe rental costs? If so, pick up a copy. If you feel comfortable, ask the proprietor if hookah is smoked indoors or outdoors. Please pass this information onto CCAP (contact information below)."

"# Create a database of hookah venues for county or the cities in your area. Include the name of the establishment, address and phone number. With this information you are assisting statewide tobacco control organizations who are collecting this data; you are also helping your local law enforcement agencies."

"# If you have received complaints about a hookah venue, contact local law enforcement and ask them to investigate. Give them any information, activity reports, or complaints you have collected. Inform them of the law and how hookah venues are affected by Labor Code Section 6404.5."

"# Tell law enforcement officers that free hookah tobacco testing is provided by CCAP. Officers are often told by proprietors that hookah tobacco is not really tobacco or that it is only a fruit mu[a]ssell product. Testing will prove that there is nicotine content in the tobacco."

"# Submit a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. Tell about the health dangers of smoking hookah tobacco and the addictive qualities of hookah tobacco."

"# Use the fact sheet in this packet to support your efforts."


An excellent study by Kamlesh Ashotra: "What You Don’t Know Can Kill You" (pages 12-16)

Quoteworthy: "It is becoming increasingly clear that, like tobacco smoking, mainstream hookah smoke and second-hand hookah smoke cause deleterious effects on reproductive systems in men and women and produce genotoxic, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects on babies of smoking parents.These effects include infertility in females and sterility of males, and low birth weight 26, 27 and birth defects in babies born to smoking mothers. A recent study of 100 Egyptian infertile women determined that the couples’ infertility was due to sterility of husbands who were hookah smokers.

High concentration of CO is a major component of second-hand smoke from hookah. The contribution from burning charcoal in hookah may also have significant and deleterious effects on young babies that may be exposed to mild CO levels. Even at very low levels, such as 25 to 50 parts per million parts of air, CO can produce permanent damage to the inner ear in young babies and irreversible loss of hearing" (page 14)

Download full Document (heavy pdf) from
California’s Clean Air Project
877-388-Ccap (2227). 2210 21st Street, Sacramento, CA 95818. The United States of America. A project of ETR Associates

Banning Hookah Lounges City after City with Your Help, Yes We Can !

Vista (California): City to Ban Tobacco Lounges

Menifee (California) Considering Banning Hookah Businesses

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Anna Purdy’s Touching and Sincere Testimonial. How, as an Ex-Hookah Smoker, She Eventually Realized How Bad Her Habit Was

In a touching and almost heartbreaking personal account published in NewsObserver Nov 10, Anna PURDY first considers herself “a generally healthy person”. She says she tries “to eat well and exercise” and informs us that she’s not a cigarette smoker.
“But throughout college and until recently, I would enjoy getting together with friends and splitting an apple- or mint-flavored hookah on the weekends”. However, she realized one day that smoking anything has health consequences. Let’s see her terrific list:

“Although most businesses sanitize the mouthpieces after each use and distribute plastic covers to customers, there are documented cases of herpes transmission".

[The Observatory on Hookah OR Health confirms that there are also documented cases of AIDS transmission]

"*In addition, secondhand smoke [that is Passive Smoking] from hookahs is just as dangerous as second-hand smoke from cigarettes."

[The Observatory confirms this statement and would like to add that in the World Health Organization 2005 report prepared by the world top experts on this issue (Thomas EISSENBERG, Alan SHIHADEH, Wasim MAZIAK and Kenneth WARD), it is said that:

“Second-hand smoke from waterpipes […] poses a serious risk for non-smokers”.

The WHO report supports its statement by a study (in fact a mere review but let’s call it a study here) carried on by the same team. It is absolutely error-free and there cannot be any room for doubt:

Maziak W, Ward KD, Afifi Soweid RA, Eissenberg T. Tobacco smoking using a waterpipe: a re-emerging strain in a global epidemic. Tobacco Control 2004; 13: 327-333.

Those who have criticised this publication and the WHO report are baddies and nothing but ill-intentioned nitpickers and ill-mannered roasters]

Anna PURDY: “Many reputable institutions have done studies" and “Their findings are alarming”:

"* The American Academy of Periodontology states that water pipe smokers are five times more likely than nonsmokers to show signs of gum disease."

[The Observatory on Hookah OR Health confirms this]

"* A 2005 World Health Organization study advisory states that a typical one-hour session of hookah smoking exposes the user to 100 to 200 times the volume of smoke inhaled from a single cigarette."

[again]

"* Thomas Eissenberg, a psychology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and co-author of a hookah study, says that a hookah, smoked by and individual for about 45 minutes; delivers 36 times more tar, 15 times more carbon monoxide and 70 percent more nicotine than a cigarette"

[Thanks, Anna. This is the top !]

"* A 2004 American Cancer Society study found that men who smoked hookahs had five times [that is 5 TIMES] the risk of lung cancer as nonsmokers."

[The Observatory on Hookah OR Health understands that Miss Anna PURDY certainly refers to an article by Tom Henshaw Hooked on the hookah (Town Online 2006, Jan 11). Unfortunately or strangely enough, the page ain’t there anymore…

Anyway, the Observatory confirms the established link between Lung Cancer and Hookah Smoking and is pleased to offer an alternative though working link : recent study on this hot issue ]

CONCLUSION
The Observatory on Hookah OR Health is an advocate of this kind of prevention based on scientific evidence and the related sound peer-reviewed scientific studies. We hope Anna PURDY’s repentance will be followed by all hookah addicts of the world. Please circulate her testimonial and let 2009 be the year of the end of the war declared in 2001 by the devilish hookah to the civilized world.

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