en عمومى General مقاله اصیل Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;">Introduction: Concerns arises about smoking products waste, which can contain different hazardous pollutants such as toxic metals. This study aimed to survey the toxic metals content of fruit-flavored and traditional waterpipe bowl water.<br> Methods: The traditional waterpipe bowl water samples were collected from the four most popular fruit-flavored tobacco brands (Al-Mahmoud, Al-Fakher, Nakhl, and Mazaya), as well as from four widely favored flavors (blueberry, Dosib, cream orange, and mint-gum). Additionally, 10 samples of traditional waterpipe bowl water were gathered. The concentrations of toxic metals in these bowl water samples were measured using ICP-MS analysis.<br> Results: The mean concentration of toxic metals in waterpipe bowl water samples from Almahmoud, Al-Fakher, Nakhla, Mazaya, and traditional tobacco ranged from 0.37 (Cd) to 3.36 (Pb); 0.33 (Cd) to 3.27 (Pb); 0.34 (Cd) to 3.02 (Cr); 0.24 (Cd) to 3.09 (Cr), and 1.38 (Cd) to 6.24 (Pb) &mu;g/L, respectively. The mean levels of all toxic metals (except As) in different fruit-flavored tobacco brands and traditional waterpipe bowl water samples were significantly different (P < 0.05).<br> Conclusion: The results showed that toxic metal concentrations in waterpipe bowl water vary significantly among different tobacco brands and tobacco types. This highlights the need for monitoring and regulation of toxic metal content in waterpipe tobacco products to reduce potential health risks to users and environment.</div> Environmental pollutants, Toxic metals, Waterpipe bowl water, Tobacco 1 8 http://ehemj.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-452&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Hossein Arfaeinia arfaeiniah@yahoo.com 100319475328460022204 100319475328460022204 No Addiction and Lifestyle Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran Fereshteh Talebi f_talebi1367@yahoo.com 100319475328460022205 100319475328460022205 No Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Sara Dadipoor mdadipoor@yahoo.com 100319475328460022206 100319475328460022206 No Tobacco and Health Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran Farshid Soleimani f.soleimani72@yahoo.com 100319475328460022207 100319475328460022207 Yes Correspondence to: Tobacco and Health Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran Vali Alipour v_alip@yahoo.com 100319475328460022208 100319475328460022208 No Tobacco and Health Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran Ammar Maryamabadi ammar.organic@gmail.com 100319475328460022209 100319475328460022209 No Research and Development Department, Manahil Al-Khaleej Co., Basra, Iraq Hamid Reza Ghaffari ghaffarihrz@gmail.com 100319475328460022210 100319475328460022210 No Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Fatemeh Barzin fatemeh79barzin@gmail.com 100319475328460022211 0009-0003-8289-1731 No Student Research Committee, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran