About the Authors

Michella Abi Zeid Daou

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Alan Shihadeh

Roles Conceptualization, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Mechanical Engineering, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Yasmine Hashem

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Hala Bitar

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Alaa Kassir

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Mohammad El-Harakeh

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Nareg Karaoghlanian

Roles Software, Validation

Affiliations Department of Mechanical Engineering, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Assaad A. Eid

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Marwan El-Sabban

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Ghazi Zaatari

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Ahmad Husari

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Ah51@aub.edu.lb

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.