Hookah smoking:Myth OR Reality??

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Is it true that hookah smoking is safer than smoking cigarettes:P and also that Flavoured hookah which comes in different flavours like vanilla,chocolate etc when smoked has no tobacco content in it:S

PS: Dnt smoke hookah but wanted to know excatly what it has cozz frnds who smoke say flavoured has no tobacoo:S
 
One extensive report on hookahs was published in 2005 by the World Health Organization. It found that in a single smoking session, cigarette smokers typically took 8 to 12 puffs and inhaled 0.5 to 0.6 liters of smoke over five to seven minutes. In contrast, hookah smokers may take 50 to 200 puffs of up to a liter of smoke each during a single session.

“The water pipe smoker may therefore inhale as much smoke during one session as a cigarette smoker would inhale consuming 100 or more cigarettes,” the report said.
 
Ask me about it :D

it contains just 0.05% Tobacco.

doesnt contain lead which cigarette has.

Hukka does have more CO2 than cigarette as smoke is more in hukkas.

nothing will happen if u smoke hukka once a week but i quit it :)

i was a chain hukka smoker for 2-3 years.. used to have it everyday or alternate day.. feels nice and relaxed after taking it.
 
alsiladka said:
One extensive report on hookahs was published in 2005 by the World Health Organization. It found that in a single smoking session, cigarette smokers typically took 8 to 12 puffs and inhaled 0.5 to 0.6 liters of smoke over five to seven minutes. In contrast, hookah smokers may take 50 to 200 puffs of up to a liter of smoke each during a single session.

“The water pipe smoker may therefore inhale as much smoke during one session as a cigarette smoker would inhale consuming 100 or more cigarettes,†the report said.
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Hukka doesnt contain Harmful substances like Carbon and Lead which Cigarettes have :)
 
Never seen anyone or heard anyone dying because of hukka smoking :rofl:

Hukka was invented in India and only rich and royal ppl had it :P

Also it digests food nicely if u take after having heavy lunch/dinner.
 
G@d of w@r said:
it contains just 0.05% Tobacco
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just 0.05:S check this

The nicotine content of water-pipe tobacco has been reported to be 2% to 4%, in comparison with 1% to 3% for cigarettes
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Water-Pipe Smoking: An Emerging Health Risk Behavior

Also what is this Flavoured Hookah?? Doesnt it contain Tobacoo?? coz everyone say since Hookah is Flavour like vanila chocolate so there is no Tobacco tat is Tobacco content is 0%:S
 
Dude, take a hukka flavour in ur hand, smash it between fingers, smell it. u wont get a tobacco smell...

most of the hukka flavours are made from honey, sugarcane, some small pieces of wood or a "wood bhukka" thats what i see in flavours. hence 0% tobacco.

Yes, hukka flavours like double apple, vanilla, strawberry etc have almost nil tobacco contents.

Flavours like mint contains tobacco contents high as whenever i take it, i get a nice relaxing kick and i get high for 2 secs... :D
 
Full on myth! Anything that burns produces CO which is HIGHLY toxic.

Besides the Hookah molasses does contain tobacco which in turn contains nicotine.

I think the effects of Hookah smoking haven't been research well because its a newer phenomenon amongst the large growing urban youth and it will take some time to actually ascertain its damage causing ability.
 
G@d of w@r said:
Never seen anyone or heard anyone dying because of hukka smoking :rofl:

Hukka was invented in India and only rich and royal ppl had it :P

Also it digests food nicely if u take after having heavy lunch/dinner.
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wow what misconceptions u have
 
^^ I agree, its not the cigarette which is harmful, it is the actual smoke which is carcinogenic.

Any kind of smoke inhaled, over time will lead to carbon deposits in your lung, prolonged exposure to cancer. In a nutshell: it is bad.

Just because it is not Tabasco, doesn't mean it is not harmful the same way.
 
bond_212 said:
wow what misconceptions u have
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i dont wana argue but Hukka was invented in india. see the link posted in this thread :) and yeah never seen anyone dying cause of hukka smoking :)

whats there in misconception?

the 3rd statement is my personal experience :)

Whats wrong with u bond? :rofl: already got high reading about hukka??
 
lol, ofcourse theres tobacco in it, thats what burns! The flavor is just additives, some more natural than others. The water does a better job of filtering it than a measly ciggie filter, but its still smoke with all the effects of tobacco. Just because its veiled behind a sweet smell, people assume its safe and puff away while judging regular smokers.
 
Grease Monk said:
lol, ofcourse theres tobacco in it, thats what burns! The flavor is just additives, some more natural than others. The water does a better job of filtering it than a measly ciggie filter, but its still smoke with all the effects of tobacco. Just because its veiled behind a sweet smell, people assume its safe and puff away while judging regular smokers.
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+1. Hookah or cigarette, the health risks are the same. Comparatively, the tobacco content in hookah is less, but doesn't mean its safer.
 
G@d of w@r said:
Never seen anyone or heard anyone dying because of hukka smoking :rofl:

Hukka was invented in India and only rich and royal ppl had it :P

Also it digests food nicely if u take after having heavy lunch/dinner.
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I assume you are waiting for someone to die before you agree to the fact that it is harmful to the body:S
 
Anish said:
I think the effects of Hookah smoking haven't been research well because its a newer phenomenon amongst the large growing urban youth and it will take some time to actually ascertain its damage causing ability.
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yup tats corect a bit coz Hookah has always being concentrated to eastern region rather than western hence less research over it:)

my friends do smoke Hookah n when I argued tat its harmful they said that Flavoured Hookah has no tobacco;TOBACCO content 0%; and the High u get is coz of the flavours & nothing else and that left me confused coz I always had thought that all Hookah was nothing but just a more stylish atlernative to ciggy smoking and ya it burns a bigger hole in the pocket:lol:
 
Its like speaking to a brick wall.

Smoke is carcinogenic, ie causes cancer. Hence Hookah is bad. Tobbaco or no tobacco. End of story.
 
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