Clinical trials: Hookah Smoking
Hookah Smoking
Optimizing Risk Messages for Waterpipe Tobacco Cessation in Young Adults
The objective of this study is to examine whether messages conveying the harms and addictiveness of waterpipe (i.e., hookah) tobacco delivered by mobile phone multimedia messaging (MMS) are effective for promoting hookah tobacco…
- Trial name
- NCT03595280
- Testing
- Hookah tobacco risk messages
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 349 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Narghile
Oxidative DNA Damage Enhancement by Vitamin C Among Narghile Smokers and Non-smokers
This study aims to evaluate oxidative DNA damage among hookah smokers compared to non-smokers by measuring biomarkers of oxidative stress in blood samples.
- Trial name
- DNA Damage (NCT07141823)
- Testing
- Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) regularly has been taken
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Nora Tariq Mohammed
Reactions to Warnings, Hookah Smoking
Reactions to Warnings on Hookah Ads
The purpose of this study is to help us better understand what kinds of waterpipe tobacco advertisements appeal to young adults as well as to help evaluate and create health warnings that can be placed on waterpipe tobacco…
- Trial name
- NCT03723616
- Testing
- Ads Only, Ads with text-only health warning labels (HWLs), Ads with text + graphic health warning labels (HWLs)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,588 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Smoking
Comparison of Hookah and Cigarette Smoking
The aim of this study is to compare exposure to tobacco smoke toxins in individuals who smoke both cigarettes and Hookah pipes. Sixteen subjects will be hospitalized on the research ward for two visits of 4 days each.
- Trial name
- 6114 (NCT00992550)
- Testing
- Cigarette, Hookah
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Waterpipe Smoking, Health Warning Label
Developing and Testing Waterpipe-specific Health Warning Labels
Waterpipe (WP) smoking has become one of the leading tobacco use methods among youth in Florida. The impact of this dramatic rise is amplified by the mounting evidence of WP addictive and harmful nature, as well as the lag of…
- Conditions
- Waterpipe Smoking, Health Warning Label, Harm Perception, Puffing Behaviour
- Trial name
- NCT05317663
- Testing
- Test Health Warning Label (HWL), Test without Health Warning Label (no-HWL)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida International University
Waterpipe Smoking
The Role of Contingency Management in Waterpipe Smoking Cessation
Tobacco use kills more than 500,000 people in the United States each year. Although the use of cigarettes has declined, the use of other tobacco products has remained steady.
- Trial name
- NCT02159092
- Testing
- Contingency Management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington State University
Smoking, Endothelial Dysfunction
Hookah Smoking, Carbon Monoxide, and Coronary Endothelial Function
Hookah (water pipe) smoking is a new global epidemic. The World Health Organization wants to prohibit all claims that hookah is less harmful than cigarettes and wants hookah products to bear the same warning labels as cigarettes.
- Trial name
- NCT03166787
- Testing
- Charcoal hookah, E-coal hookah, Cigarette
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Smoking, Smoking Cessation
Alternate Nicotine Delivery Systems and Airway Epithelial Biology
Cigarette smoking evokes major changes in the biology of the airway epithelium, the cell population that takes the brunt of the stress of cigarette smoke and the cell population central to the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive…
- Trial name
- NCT01974063
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Smokers, Periodontal Status
Periodontal Health Among Cigarette, Electronic Cigarettes, and Narghile Smokers
This study compares the different effects of traditional cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and narghile on periodontal health among a sample of Al-Hawash Private University students.
- Trial name
- NCT07562295
- Testing
- Non-Interventional Study
- Where
- Syria
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Al-Hawash Private University
Hookah Smoking
Effects of Hookah (Waterpipe) Smoking on Blood Vessel Function
The purpose of this study is to assess the acute effects of Hookah (waterpipe) smoking on blood vessel function. Hookah smoking has been shown to immediately increase blood pressure and heart rate which could result in damage in…
- Trial name
- NCT03616002
- Testing
- Hookah smoking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Alcohol Use, Unspecified, Hookah Smoking
Effect of Concurrent Hookah and Alcohol Consumption on Smoking Topography and Toxicant Exposure
The purpose of the current study is to investigate in a prospective randomized cross-over trial, the impact of alcohol versus a placebo drink on smoking behavior and topography (duration and frequency of puffing), abuse…
- Trial name
- NCT03096860
- Testing
- Active alcohol consumption
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University
Nicotine-free Hookah Smoking
Effects of Nicotine-Free Hookah Smoking on Blood Flow to the Heart, Muscle and Skin
This is a pilot study on the acute effects of nicotine-free hookah (herbal/steam stones) smoking on the sympathetic neural control of the human cardiovascular system.
- Trial name
- NCT02310373
- Testing
- Nicotine free hookah smoking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Tobacco Use, Tobacco Smoking
Evaluation of a Brief Tobacco Intervention in the US Military
While the military has taken steps to reduce tobacco use over the past two decades, over a quarter of new military recruits report regular tobacco use prior to enlistment.
- Conditions
- Tobacco Use, Tobacco Smoking, Smoking, Cigar, Smoking, Pipe
- Trial name
- NCT03196102
- Testing
- BTI, Cigarette smoking military tailored pamphlet, Standard smoking cessation intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,999 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Waterpipe Smoking, Oxidative Stress
Carbon Monoxide and Oxidative Stress in Waterpipe Smokers
Waterpipe is a tool for smoking tobacco, which is thought to be less harmful than cigarette. Unfortunately, there aren't adequate studies about its harms to health that are threatening the young generation all over the world…
- Trial name
- NCT02937415
- Testing
- Breath carbon monoxide, Pulmonary function tests., Oxidative stress and antioxidant status.
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ataturk Training and Research Hospital
Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking
Comparison of Text and Pictorial Waterpipe Tobacco Warnings Among Young Adults
The purpose of this study is to whether exposure to waterpipe tobacco warnings reduce young adults' intentions to smoke waterpipe in the future.
- Trial name
- NCT05783843
- Testing
- Pictorial Warnings, Text Warnings, No Warnings (Control)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,215 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Nicotine Dependence
Varenicline (Chantix) Treatment for Waterpipe Smoking Cessation
The lack of proven waterpipe smoking cessation interventions makes it important to explore interventions proven effective for cigarette smoking cessation.
- Trial name
- NCT02575183
- Testing
- Varinecline (Chantix), Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 152 people
- Sponsor
- American University of Beirut Medical Center
Smoking
Effect of Shisha Smoking on the Biology of the Airway Epithelium in Qatar
The purpose of this study is to learn about the effects of smoking shisha on the lungs, when compared to the effects of smoking cigarettes or of not smoking.
- Trial name
- NCT02021708
- Where
- Qatar
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Hookah Tobacco Smoking
Optimizing Hookah Tobacco Public Education Messages to Reduce Young Adult Use
This is a 2-arm randomized controlled trial to test the effects of hookah tobacco public education messages among young adults who are susceptible non-users of hookah tobacco and those who are current hookah tobacco users.
- Trial name
- NCT04252014
- Testing
- Hookah tobacco messages
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 830 people
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking
Consumer Perceptions of Waterpipe Tobacco Packaging and Digital Marketing Claims
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of marketing claims commonly found on waterpipe, also known as hookah, tobacco packages and in digital marketing on young adults' willingness to try hookah tobacco.
- Trial name
- NCT05439421
- Testing
- Package/Advertisement With Claim, Package/Advertisement Without Claim
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,507 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Shisha
Developing and Pilot Testing an Intervention to Reduce Household Shisha Smoke Exposure Within Somali Homes
Previous qualitative research among Somali American adults in Minnesota have identified high levels of hookah or shisha (hereafter shisha) use in Somali households.
- Trial name
- NCT06316947
- Testing
- CHW-delivered intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota