Table 2

Waterpipe smoking topography measures by flavour condition conditions (n=143)*

Topography parametersFlavoured tobaccoNon-flavoured tobaccoP value
MeanSDMeanSD
Smoking time, min42:237:5240:329:220.01
Cumulative puffing time, min5:373:364:482:560.003
Puff duration, s3.41.53.21.40.32
Interpuff interval, s2717.429.719.60.06
Number of puffs109.176.710177.30.09
Total volume, L66.848.366.745.60.97
Puff volume, L0.680.410.790.480.01
Maximum puff volume, L1.640.792.051 <0.001
  • *One participant was missing data for topography.