Harmful effects of shisha: literature review.

Tobacco is a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality across the world. A recently infamous way of smoking tobacco is shisha. Shisha smoking is also known as water pipe, hookah and Narghile smoking.

Association of socioeconomic classes with diet, stress and hypertension.

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between diet and socioeconomic conditions and find out the prevalence of stress and Hypertension in different socioeconomic classes.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from May 2010 to October 2011, 176 people from four different socio economic Strata (low class, low middle class, upper middle class, and high class) were selected, which were defined on the basis of monthly income. Complete dietary intake was assessed with the last 3 days' dietary record, dietary patterns and restrictions.