AAAR 31st Annual Conference
October 8-12, 2012
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Characterizing Particulate Formation and Filtration in Hookah smoke
Jessica Annonio, Mac Gilliland, Timothy Oh, Jeff Baker, CINDY DEFOREST HAUSER, Davidson College
Abstract Number: 303 Working Group: Indoor Aerosols
Abstract Hookah smoking has been practiced in India for over 400 years but is just now increasing in popularity in North America, especially among youth. Hookah is a type of flavored and sweetened tobacco smoked through a waterpipe, and marketed as an alternative to cigarette smoking. The detrimental health effects of cigarette tobacco smoke have been well documented; and the particulate and gas phases of cigarette smoke are well-characterized. Previous studies of hookah smoke have characterized the gas phase but less is known about the particulate component. Evaluation of the health effects of hookah smoke will benefit from increased knowledge regarding the particulate component. Here, we investigate the processes involved in particulate formation and filtration through varying temperature, inhalation rate, and the chemical properties of the filtration media, while characterizing particle number density, size and composition.