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Omar El-Shahawy

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El-Shahawy O, He M, Korostoff-Larsson O, Nahvi S, Palamar J
Addict Behav . 2025 Mar; 166:108314. PMID: 40086428
Background: Smoking among adults in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment programs is common with limited success in quitting. Given e-cigarettes' potential for smoking harm reduction, it is important to examine...
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Mezhal F, Ahmad A, Abdulle A, Leinberger-Jabari A, AlJunaibi A, Alnaeemi A, et al.
PLoS One . 2025 Mar; 20(3):e0319648. PMID: 40073342
Introduction: Family history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease, and the risk increases with number of family members affected. It offers insights into...
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Palamar J, Jewell J, El-Shahawy O, Black J
Drug Alcohol Depend . 2025 Jan; 268:112549. PMID: 39827824
Background: Off-label prescribing of ketamine to treat psychiatric disorders has been increasing, as has recreational use and availability of illicit ketamine. It is important to examine trends in ketamine-related poisonings...
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Leinberger-Jabari A, Ahmad A, Lindson N, Oke J, Hartmann-Boyce J, Fong G, et al.
Nicotine Tob Res . 2024 Dec; PMID: 39704356
Introduction: E-cigarettes (ECs) and heated tobacco products (HTPs) are recent arrivals to the nicotine product market in the Middle East, which are rapidly growing in popularity in the region. There...
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Deng Y, Yli-Piipari S, El-Shahawy O, Tamura K
PLoS One . 2024 Oct; 19(10):e0290211. PMID: 39383131
This study aimed to estimate the trends in the body mass index (BMI) and prevalence of obesity among United States (U.S.) adolescents (10-19 years) and to examine the associations between...
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El-Shahawy O, Walker K, Groom A, Payne T, Tompkins L, Kesh A, et al.
PLoS One . 2024 Sep; 19(9):e0308964. PMID: 39331590
Understanding the association between initial experimentation with a tobacco product and subsequent patterns of tobacco use among youth is important to informing prevention activities for youth in the US. We...
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Yang K, Mueller L, El-Shahawy O, Palamar J
Am J Prev Med . 2024 Aug; 67(6):803-810. PMID: 39186019
Introduction: Cannabis use and cannabis use disorder (CUD) are associated with adverse psychosocial outcomes, but their impact on workplace absenteeism remains poorly understood. Moreover, few studies have examined the role...
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Sayed A, Labieb F, Stevens E, Tamura K, Boakye E, Virani S, et al.
Prev Med . 2024 Jul; 187:108085. PMID: 39053517
Objective: Both diabetes and smoking significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Understanding whether a diagnosis of diabetes can be leveraged to promote smoking cessation is a gap in...
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Doran N, Hurst S, Liu J, El-Shahawy O, Myers M, Krebs P
Contemp Clin Trials Commun . 2024 May; 39:101309. PMID: 38784967
The use of e-cigarettes ("vaping") by young adults has increased substantially in the past decade. Although health risks of long-term e-cigarette use remain unknown, there is evidence of acute physiological...
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Shahabi N, Shahbazi Sighaldeh S, Eshaghi Sani Kakhaki H, Mohseni S, Dadipoor S, El-Shahawy O
BMC Public Health . 2024 Mar; 24(1):664. PMID: 38429705
Background: The present research aimed to determine the effect of an educational intervention based on the extended theory of planned behavior (ETPB) on waterpipe (WT) smoking cessation in women. Methods:...