Narghile (Hubble-Bubble) Smoking, Low Birth Weight, and Other Pregnancy Outcomes

Narghile smoking, a common habit among women in many non-Western societies, is assumed by the public to be minimally harmful. This study aims at identifying the effect of smoking narghiles during pregnancy on the weight of the newborn and other pregnancy outcomes. Three groups of pregnant women were...

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Published in:American journal of epidemiology 1998-08, Vol.148 (4), p.375-383
Main Authors: Nuwayhid, Iman A., Yamout, Bassem, Azar, Ghassan, Kambris, Mona Al Kouatly
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Birth Weight - drug effects
Female
Humans
infant
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Lebanon
low birth weight
Medical sciences
Nicotiana - adverse effects
Plants, Toxic
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications - etiology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn - etiology
smoking
Smoking - adverse effects
Tobacco smoking
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Summary:Narghile smoking, a common habit among women in many non-Western societies, is assumed by the public to be minimally harmful. This study aims at identifying the effect of smoking narghiles during pregnancy on the weight of the newborn and other pregnancy outcomes. Three groups of pregnant women were interviewed in several hospitals in Lebanon between 1993 and 1995: 106 who smoked narghiles during their pregnancy, 277 who smoked cigarettes, and 512 who did not smoke. The adjusted mean birth weight of babies born to women who smoked one or more narghiles a day during pregnancy and to women who started smoking in the first trimester was more than 100 g less than that of babies born to nonsmokers (p < 0.1). The adjusted odds ratio of having babies with low birth weight (
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009656