Response to the Letter on the Gap of Cigarette and Hookah Smoking between Socioeconomic Groups in Iran: Effect of Inequalities in Socioeconomic Position

Parisa Ghelichkhani ¹, Mehdi Yaseri ², Mahmoud Yousefifard ³, Masoud Baikpour ⁴, Hadi Asady ⁵, Alireza Oraii ⁵, Ali Rafei ⁶, Mostafa Hosseini ²^*

¹ Department of Intensive Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
³ Physiology Research Center and Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁴ Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁵ Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Faculty of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁶ Centre for Disease Control and Management, Tehran, Iran

*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding Author: Mostafa Hosseini, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina Ave, Tehran, Iran. Tel: +982188989125, Fax: +982188989127, Email:, Email: mhossein110@yahoo.com

Cite this article as: Ghelichkhani P, Yaseri M, Yousefifard M, Baikpour M, Asady H, Oraii A, et al. Response to the letter on the gap of cigarette and hookah