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Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Information

Below is a compilation of websites that we have hand selected to give you more in-depth information about hookah use.

American Lung Association, “Tobacco Policy Trend Alert: An Emerging Deadly Trend-Waterpipe Tobacco Use” (February 2007)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Hookah Fact Sheet (April 2007)

World Health Organization Advisory Note “Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: Health Effects, Research Needs and Recommended Actions by Regulators” (2005)

Americans for NonSmokers’ Rights

The BACCHUS Network Hookah Fact Sheet

The following pdf articles provide further information on college
students and hookah use:

"The latest on Hookahs: What You Don't Know Can Kill You." 2005. The Peer Educator Bacchus Network

"Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking on a U.S. College Campus: Prevalence and Correlates." Eissenberg, T., Ward, K., Smith-Simone, S., & Maziak, W. (2008). Journal of Adolescent Health, 42, 526-529.

"Argileh Use Among College Students in the United States: An Emerging Trend." Grekin, E., & Ayna, D. (2008). Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69, 472-475.

The Healthy Gators 2010 Spring 2008 Survey provides data specific to UF students and hookah use on page 18.

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