Links to Other Perspectives

Yemen (kc 1997)
Breath Is Life : This is the Right Message
The Reference in Public Health is unquestionably the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. It has issued a report on “Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: Health Effects, Research Needs and Recommended Actions by Regulators”. READ HERE
Guidelines on Good Publication Practice issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics
Tentative KNOL about Hookah (Shisha, Narghile)
Pr Carl V.P. (Alberta): Warning: Anti-tobacco activism may be hazardous to epidemiologic science
Pr Michael S.' site: The Rest of the Story:Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary
Scientific Integrity Institute (Pr James E.)
The Tobacco Harm Reduction project (Pr C.V.P.)
BOOK by Pr Hanan F. and Pr Reuven D. (Tel Aviv): A Critique of Nicotine Addiction
List of COMMUNIQUES on Narghile (Hookah and Health)
Research Avenues for Students (Graduate, Postgraduate and beyond) and Confirmed Scientists in all Disciplines
Société de tabacologie
NOUVEAU: Le site de la tabacologie française
Societa Italiana di Tabaccologia
Un air neuf ("A New Air". "A Desire Cannot Be Addressed with a Ban")
FORCES International (“Powered by reason, driven by passion”)
A fascinating site we got to know accidentally and only recently although these people are drawing, in the field of research on cigarette smoking, very similar conclusions (about WHO reports, its lack of independence, etc.) to ours in the field of hookah smoking. The diametrical point of view defended by the Globalink site (see below).
Collectif "Nos Libertés (Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité)
The Globalink Network (Tobacco Kontrol ! He Who Is Not With Us Is Against Us...)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Center For Women (Orchid)
Blog on Drug Treatment Centers
Drug Rehabilitation Centers - St Jude Facility
Drug Watch ("Keeping your medication safe")
The Victorian Turkish Bath Databank (A not-for-profit educational project in the United Kingdom / Malcolm Shifrin's information exchange)
Time to Oxygenate Your Lungs, Folks (narguilox)!
The Hookah Monster (on Health Aspects)
NEW RESOURCES 2006
about the health hazards and dangers of hookah (narghile) smoking. We don't necessarily agree with all the stuff there but we think it's not a bad beginning for awareness-raising in 2006:
US Department of Health and Human Services (Connecticut Clearinghouse)
The Hazards of Hookah (Word document)
Hookah Information RSS NewsFeed
FORUMS AND WEBLOGS
(places where users exchange ideas and impressions)
CAUTION: Take care if you are sensitive because of their promotional content. However, you can register as a member and try to convince these addicts that they are destroying their lives.
The Clubshisha Forum (in Spanish)
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"Narguile, Canciones que viajan" (un grupo fenomenal)
Le musée du fumeur (association à but non lucratif ayant pour but «d'informer sur l’acte de fumer et sur les plantes fumées»)
The Hookah Culture
("Hookah smoking was chic and elegant in Victorian times, and it is now again”)
Yoko Ebisawa' Site in Japanese
Learn about the Economics of Narghiles and Hookahs with John' Business Plans
Site de Laurent Fièvre sur les manufactures de tabac
Walter Robert’s Network Map of Relevant Inter-Related Keywords and Concepts
Doris’ Gran recopilacion de trabajos monograficos
Hookah (narghile) in France by Denis Gestin
Databank on Narghile and Community (a bit promotional...)
Benjamin Mauffroy' Site on the Oriental World with an interesting Section on Hookah
The «narguilé café», a good example of what a French neo-orientalist lounge is
Narguile Info
A site which has brought support to the author of a great fraud
Association 'A ta Turquie'
Mixing Flavors… (a crazy guy)
Strange Hookahs from the Czech Republic
Hookahs from China
(ShenZhen CaiYee Art Work)
Observatory of the Hookah Trend in the USA
(there are now directories…)
Ben's Directory of Hookah Bars
Mapmuse
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ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF INFORMATION
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Le Monde Diplomatique
Voltaire: Non Aligned Press Network
Telesur, Nueva Television del Sur
Centre for Research on Globalization
Centre de Recherches sur la Mondialisation
Happy Country Index (The Happiest Country on Earth)