Hookah smoking impairs nasal mucociliary clearance

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...

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Main Authors: Mitat Arıcıgil, Hamdi Arbag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2018-02-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Hookah-smoking-impairs-nasal-mucociliary-clearance,85067,0,2.html
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-c87b2a501f574d22b1ae7341eadfe87d2022-12-21T19:05:43ZengEuropean PublishingTobacco Induced Diseases1617-96252018-02-0116February1610.18332/tid/8506785067Hookah smoking impairs nasal mucociliary clearanceMitat Arıcıgil0Hamdi Arbag1Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, TurkeyDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, TurkeyIntroduction 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.http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Hookah-smoking-impairs-nasal-mucociliary-clearance,85067,0,2.htmlhookahnasal mucociliary clearancetobacco
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title Hookah smoking impairs nasal mucociliary clearance
title_full Hookah smoking impairs nasal mucociliary clearance
title_fullStr Hookah smoking impairs nasal mucociliary clearance
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title_short Hookah smoking impairs nasal mucociliary clearance
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nasal mucociliary clearance
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