Toward a regulatory framework for the waterpipe

R.G. Salloum, T. Asfar and W. Maziak

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 10, 1773-1777

Abstract: Waterpipe smoking has been dramatically increasing among youth worldwide and in the United States.Despite its general association with misperceptions of reduced harm, evidence suggests this is a harmful and dependence-inducing tobacco use method that represents a threat to public health. Waterpipe products continue to be generally unregulated, which likely has contributed to their spread. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 granted the US Food andDrugAdministration (FDA) the authority to regulate waterpipe products, and the FDA finalized a rule extending its authority over waterpipe products in May 2016. This critical step in addressing the alarming increase in waterpipe smoking in the United States has created urgency for research to provide the evidence needed for effective regulatory initiatives for waterpipe products. We aim to stimulate such research by providing a framework that addresses the scope of waterpipe products and their unique context and use patterns. The proposed framework identifies regulatory targets for waterpipe product components (i.e., tobacco, charcoal, and device), thewaterpipe café setting, and its marketing environment dominated by Internet promotion.

Keywords: adolescent; attitude to health; food and drug administration; harm reduction; human; legislation and jurisprudence; marketing; prevention and control; procedures; public health; smoking; Tobacco Use Disorder; trends; United States, Adolescent; Harm Reduction; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Marketing; Public Health; Smoking; Tobacco Use Disorder; United States; United States Food and Drug Administration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303322

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