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The Dangers Of Just One Evening Of Hookah Smoking
Hookah smoking may seem like a relatively harmless way to spend an evening, but a new study suggests otherwise.
Just one evening of hookah smoking could make nicotine urine levels spike by more than 70 times, and also result in the increase of cancer-causing agents, according to the study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, examined the urine of 55 healthy people who had used water pipes, or hookahs, before. The participants were asked to abstain from any type…
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Shisha addiction may be stronger than cigarette addiction
Smoking shisha is very popular, particularly among young people. And despite what many people believe, it is highly addictive. In fact, a drug commonly prescribed to help people quit smoking cigarettes doesn’t seem to work for shisha smokers, our latest study shows. Given that shisha is often smoked with friends and family, its addiction may be more than just physical.
The science against smoking hookah is gaining steam
Hookah can be addictive, and it isn’t much healthier than cigarettes. But a new study found that the prevalence of hookah-smoking among young Americans is increasing all the same.
Hooked on Hookah
Hookah is healthier and less addictive than cigarettes, right? Think again. Results of several studies suggest that hookah is far more dangerous than cigarettes.
Busting the hookah myths
Hookah has become a huge rage nowadays and youngsters flock to hookah joints without understanding its repercussions. Experts have tried to throw light on the hidden truths about this leisure activity.
Hookah, is it really harmless?
It has been reported that like other forms smoking tobacco, their use can lead to addiction also is used for inhaling and other addictive substances. Has also been considered a risk factor for various isolated diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), different types of cancer, hemodynamic alterations, vascular disease, infectious diseases, among others. In pregnant women has been reported that there use condition a diminution on fetal growth and different diseases in the newborn.
Just 1 Hookah Session Has 25 Times The Tar Of A Cigarette
We've long known that hookah is about as unhealthy as smoking cigarettes. In fact, the amount of smoke inhaled over an hour of hookah can be equivalent to smoking 100 cigarettes, according to the World Health Organization. If that doesn't convince you to drop the shisha habit, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences have just announced an even scarier metric: One hookah smoking session delivers 25 times the tar of a single cigarette.
Newsflash: Hookah Smoking is Terrible for You
Hookah bars now seem as common as Dominos in college neighborhoods. In recent years, studies have found that one in three students uses the ancient tobacco pipes, and that use among college women is on the rise inhale on a hookah hose by the end of freshman year. But those undergrads may not entirely understand the potential side effects of what they're inhaling...
One hour of hookah is as bad for you as 100 cigarettes
But the most unsettling part of the study was the utter lack of awareness about harms related to hookah: more than half of the students thought smoking from a waterpipe is less dangerous than cigarette smoking and 13 percent thought hookah wasn’t harmful at all.
Smoking from Hookah Not a Harmless Alternative to Cigarettes
Smoking tobacco through a hookah is a pastime gaining popularity among the college crowd, but many mistakenly believe that using the fragrant water pipe is less harmful than smoking cigarettes.
Students swayed by 'relaxing, fun' image of hookah smoking ignore health harms
Educational campaigns meant to dissuade college students from initiating hookah tobacco smoking may be more successful if they combat positive perceptions of hookah use as attractive and romantic, rather than focusing solely on the harmful components of hookah tobacco smoke, a new study found.
Yes, College Students, Hookahs Are Bad for You
Better knowledge of hookahs’ risks might encourage freshmen to find a better way to impress one another—though the other options aren’t great, either.
The Dangers Of Just One Evening Of Hookah Smoking
Hookah smoking may seem like a relatively harmless way to spend an evening, but a new study suggests otherwise.
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While many hookah smokers may think this practice is less harmful than smoking cigarettes, hookah smoking has many of the same health risks as cigarette smoking. Water pipe smoking delivers nicotine—the same highly addictive drug found in other tobacco products. The tobacco in hookahs is burned (exposed to high heat) and the smoke is at least as toxic as cigarette smoke. Because of the way a hookah is used, smokers may absorb more of the toxic substances also found in cigarette smoke than cigarette smokers do.
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