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2022
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Differential Effects of Electronic Hookah Vaping and Traditional Combustible Hookah Smoking on Oxidation, Inflammation, and Arterial Stiffness.
Traditional hookah smoking has grown quickly to become a global tobacco epidemic. More recently, electronic hookahs (e-hookahs)-vaped through traditional water pipes-were introduced as healthier alternatives to combustible hookah. With combustible tobacco smoking, oxidative stress, inflammation, and vascular stiffness are key components in the development and progression of atherosclerosis. The comparable effects of hookah are unknown. ⋯ Although advertised to be "safe," flavored e-hookah vaping exerts injurious effects on the vasculature that are, at least in part, mediated by inflammation.