Links to Other Perspectives

Photo: Field Survey in Yemen (kc, 1997)
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 James E. (Los Angeles): Defending legitimate epidemiologic research: combating Lysenko pseudoscience

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:

Go Ask Alice

US Department of Health and Human Services (Connecticut Clearinghouse)

The Hazards of Hookah (Word document)

India Times Health

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.

A Brand New Hookah Forum

The Hookah Bulletin Board

Hookah Lovers

Doctissimo

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...)