Survey of headaches caused by heated tobacco products in patients with headache

Abstract

Objective: We conducted a questionnaire survey to clarify headaches caused by the smoke and odor of heated tobacco products.
Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted on the internet. The subjects were patients with headache aged from 20s to 40s, they were not limited to heated tobacco users.
Results: The number of valid responses was 627, which included 163 with migraine and 464 with other headaches. Migraine had a greater influence on daily life than other headaches, and the migraine group was significantly more likely to have headaches caused by the smoke and odor of cigarettes and heated tobacco products than the other headache group. In the migraine group, more non-smokers (n = 117) had headaches caused by the smoke and odor of heated tobacco as well as cigarettes than smokers (n = 46).
Conclusions: Among headache patients, it was clarified that migraine patients are more likely to have headache induced by the smoke and odor of cigarettes and heated tobacco products both by smoking and secondhand smoke. It is necessary to create a non-smoking environment without distinguishing between cigarettes and heated tobacco.