| Summary: | Introduction
Active tobacco smoking has been causally associated with nasal
mucociliary clearance (MCC). Smoking through a hookah as an alternative to
tobacco smoking has been shown in some scientific studies to have several toxic
effects on human health. However, no study has been conducted on the effects
on nasal MCC of the hookah as an alternative way of smoking tobacco. The aim
of this study is to research whether or not hookah affects nasal MCC.
Methods
The study included 40 subjects in the control group and 38 subjects in
the hookah group. The hookah group was divided into two subgroups: those who
used hookahs regularly, once every week (N1 group), and those who used hookahs
more than once a week (N2 group, of 2 to 5 sessions/week). The N1 group had 20
subjects, while the N2 group had 18 subjects. The MCC test was performed on each
subject and results were recorded in minutes.
Results
The nasal MCC value in the total hookah group was found to be significantly
higher than in the control group (p<0.05). The nasal MCC value of the N2 group
that used hookahs more than once a week was significantly higher than those of
the control group and N1 group that used hookahs once every week (p<0.05).
Conclusions
Our study has shown that, especially when a hookah was used more
than once a week, there was MCC impairment that may put the participant at risk of
respiratory tract diseases.
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