A common belief among users is that the smoke is significantly less dangerous than that from cigarettes. The water moisture induced by the hookah makes the smoke less irritating and may give a false sense of security and reduce concerns about true health effects. Doctors at institutions including the Mayo Clinic have stated that use of hookah is equally detrimental to a person's health as smoking cigarettes, and a study by the World Health Organization also confirmed these findings.
Each hookah session typically lasts more than 40 minutes, and consists of 50 to 200 inhalations that each range from 0.15 to 0.50 liters of smoke. Reports by the World Health Organization and the American Cancer Society have shown that, in a one-hour hookah session, users consume about 100 to 200 times the smoke and about 70 times the nicotine as they do in one cigarette.
A 2005 study found that water pipe smokers were five times more likely than non-smokers to show signs of gum disease. People who smoked water pipes had five times the risk of lung cancer as non-smokers.
The water used to filter the chemicals does not work efficiently to remove all the harmful chemicals.
A study on hookah smoking and cancer in Pakistan was published in 2008. Its objective was "to find serum CEA levels in ever/exclusive hookah smokers, i.e. those who smoked only hookah (no cigarettes, bidis, etc.), prepared between 1 and 4 times a day with a quantity of up to 120 g of a tobacco-molasses mixture each (i.e. the tobacco weight equivalent of up to 60 cigarettes of 1 g each) and consumed in 1 to 8 sessions". Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a marker found in several forms of cancer. Levels in exclusive hookah smokers were lower compared to cigarette smokers although the difference was not statistically significant between a hookah smoker and a non-smoker. Also the study concluded that heavy hookah smoking (2–4 daily preparations; 3–8 sessions a day ; 2 hrs to 6 hours) substantially raises CEA levels.
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I know I cant convince water Pipe smokers Out ter...! LOL Tey Pretend ter own theory..... yOU Should haV noticed.....
1.Whats Ter In It ONly water n charcoal
2.dude only 0.5 nicotine
3.its cheap dude...! see 200 per stand..share it with 5..200/5 = 40...
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Ok Let Me fiNish this Post wit some principles of smoking hookah...
1- Never light your cigarette by using burning coal of the waterpipe.
2- The water pipe should never be placed higher than the level of your seat.
3- Never pass the waterpipe directly to another person. Always first put it down and let the next person pick it up.
4- Water pipe are made for smoking specially prepared tobacco (called MU'ASSEL) that you can only get from good Tobacconists. If you use dry tobacco it will cause throat irritation.
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