Waterpipe cafés are hazardous to your health: Determination of a waterpipe specific calibration factor

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
Mark J TraversLisa Vogl

Abstract

The use of a waterpipe to smoke tobacco has emerged as a popular trend in the United States. Waterpipe smoking establishments have had an increasing presence in the U.S., despite smoke-free air legislation. Dangers of waterpipe smoking have been documented, but less data has been gathered about the waterpipe café itself. This project sought to determine a waterpipe-specific calibration factor (CF) for measuring waterpipe aerosol, and field-test this CF by conducting surveillance on the existing waterpipe cafés of western and central New York. Nine laboratory-controlled experiments were conducted to determine a waterpipe-specific CF. In the lab, two TSI SidePak AM510 Personal Aerosol Monitors and two sampling trains for gravimetric PM2.5 sampling were present during waterpipe smoking sessions (lasting 1-3h). Indoor air quality was assessed in 7 waterpipe cafés in three counties of New York, and real-time measurements of particulate matter (PM2.5) and carbon monoxide (CO) were obtained. Results from the 9 controlled waterpipe experiments determined a calibration factor of 0.38 (SD 0.08), which should be used to convert SidePak measurements to true PM2.5 measurements. When applying the CF to the measurements taken in the 7 public ...Continue Reading

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Jul 11, 2019·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Kazem NaddafiMehdi Fazlzadeh
Jul 26, 2018·Tobacco Control·Andrew B SeidenbergErin L Sutfin
Oct 12, 2019·Preventing Chronic Disease·Jessica A KulakGary A Giovino
Dec 18, 2018·Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie·N de SuremainR Carbajal

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