Hookah steam stones: smoking vapour expands from electronic cigarettes to waterpipes

The most detailed information available come from an industry website indicating that steam stones 'carbonize at the temperature found in a hookah and, therefore, release (sic) pyrolysis' and emit fog from "1,2-propanediol or glycerol." ( http://www.steam-stones.info ) In additio...

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Published in:Tobacco control Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 136 - 137
Main Authors: Lee, Youn Ok, Mukherjea, Arnab, Grana, Rachel
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.03.2013
BMJ Publishing Group
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects:
Advertising and promotion
Brands
Carbon monoxide
Carcinogens
Charcoal
Cigarette smoking
Cigarettes
Convenience stores
Electronic cigarettes
electronic nicotine delivery devices
Flavors
Fog
global health
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Hookahs
Humans
Industry watch
Inhalation
Market strategy
Marketing
Marketing - methods
Nicotine
non-cigarette tobacco products
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Porous materials
Public health
Pyrolysis
Smoking
Smoking - adverse effects
Smoking - trends
Smoking cessation
Steam
Stone
Tobacco
Tobacco Use Cessation Products - adverse effects
Tobacco Use Cessation Products - trends
Vendors
Water pipes
ISSN:0964-4563, 1468-3318, 1468-3318
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Summary:The most detailed information available come from an industry website indicating that steam stones 'carbonize at the temperature found in a hookah and, therefore, release (sic) pyrolysis' and emit fog from "1,2-propanediol or glycerol." ( http://www.steam-stones.info ) In addition, smoking steam stones in most hookahs involves using charcoal as the heat source resulting in the inhalation of charcoal smoke, a major source of carbon monoxide (CO) and carcinogenic polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).
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ISSN:0964-4563
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DOI:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050557