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for developing adverse health issues that include but are not limited to: lung cancer, <br /> respiratory illness,periodontal disease and coronary artery disease (Sibai et al., 2014). <br /> Call to Action <br /> As public health professionals,we ask for your support for hookah to be included in new <br /> laws that ban flavors in tobacco and e-cigarette products.By eliminating all tobacco <br /> flavors, including menthol, it is expected that this policy change will be an effective <br /> preventative measure aimed at reducing hookah usage among youth. <br /> References <br /> Cobb, C.,Ward, K. D., Maziak,W., Shihadeh,A. L., and Eissenberg, T. (2010). Waterpipe <br /> tobacco smoking: an emerging health crisis in the united states.American Journal of <br /> Health Behavior, 34(3), 275-285. <br /> Corey, C. G.,Ambrose, B.K.,Apelberg, B. J., and King, B. A. (2014). Flavored <br /> tobacco product use among middle and high school students-united states, <br /> 2011-2014. HHWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 64(38), 1066-1070. <br /> Nero, M. (2019). UC Irvine study: hookahs more unsafe than other forms of smoking. <br /> Retrieved <br /> from:httos://batch.com/califomia/lakeforest-ca/uc-irvine-study-vapin�4-more-unsafe-o <br /> ther-forms-smoking <br /> Primack,A. B. (2016). One hookah tobacco smoking session delivers 25 times the tar of a <br /> single cigarette. Journal of Public Health Reports, 1(15), 1-5. <br /> Sibai A. M, Tohme, R. A.,Almedawar, M. M., et al. (2014). Lifetime cumulative exposure to <br /> waterpipe smoking is associated with coronary artery disease.Atherosclerosis, <br /> 234(2), 454-460. <br /> World Health Organization. (2005). Advisory note: waterpipe tobacco smoking: <br /> health effects, research needs and recommended actions by regulators. <br /> World Health Organization. (2015). Waterpipe tobacco smoking: health effects, <br /> research needs and recommended actions for regulations. 2nd edition. <br /> Singh T. Arrazola RA, Corey CG, et al. (2016). Tobacco use among middle and high <br /> school students—United States, 2011-2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016:65 <br /> (14): 361-367. <br />