Waterpipe smoking

Intervention1 paper2 findings

  • Humans1

Associations

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Cerebrovascular disease mortality

upin humans1HR 1.44Low certainty

1 study
  1. Waterpipe smoking raises the risk of cerebrovascular disease mortality in humans (HR=1.44, 95% CI: 1.08-1.93).

    Humanscompared with never-smokers

    Waterpipe smoking is linked to higher cardiovascular mortality · American journal of preventive cardiology · 28 Feb 2026

Cardiovascular disease mortality

upin humans1HR 1.57Low certainty

1 study
  1. Waterpipe smoking raises the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in humans (HR=1.57, 95% CI: 1.16-2.13).

    Humanscompared with never-smokers

    Waterpipe smoking is linked to higher cardiovascular mortality · American journal of preventive cardiology · 28 Feb 2026

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American Journal of Preventive CardiologyHumans

Waterpipe smoking is linked to higher cardiovascular mortality

Compared with never-smokers, ever-smokers of waterpipe had about a 60% higher risk of cardiovascular death, with a hazard ratio of 1.57.Compared with never-smokers, ever-smokers of waterpipe had about a 60% higher risk of cardiovascular death, with a hazard ratio of 1.57.