| It's rumored today that smoking hookah pipes is safer | | | | dependence that can occur are the same. |
| than smoking cigarettes. But nothing could be further | | | | So it's a myth that hookah smoke is not dangerous. It |
| from the truth. If you're using a shisha or hookah pipe | | | | appears to be just as bad or dangerous if not more |
| to smoke fruit-scented tobacco it's not safe and | | | | so than smoking cigarettes. It's not known what effect |
| actually dangerous to your health. How bad is hookah | | | | inhaling arsenic, chromium, lead and cobalt will have |
| for you? Newest studies show that people who use | | | | over long term usage. Protect your lungs! |
| hookah pipes are actually absorbing much more | | | | There are also studies that show that using a |
| carbon monoxide than people who smoke cigarettes. | | | | waterpipe can increase infectious disease transmission |
| There are even cafes and bars called hookah bars or | | | | and there can also be more dental problems. The |
| shisa bars that have recently cropped up and many | | | | metals in the pipe don't appear to be a problem but it's |
| young people are flocking to them. | | | | the metals in the smoke. There are much more metals |
| But medical experts are warning about the dangers of | | | | than found in cigarettes. |
| smoking hookah pipes. The facts show there is less | | | | Know what your risks are if you're smoking a hookah |
| nicotine in the smoke from a waterpipe than there is in | | | | pipe. You want to stop the addiction and risk to your |
| cigarette smoke however there is MORE nicotine in | | | | health and possible death from cancer or other |
| the smoke from using a waterpipe in just one use | | | | infectious diseases. What appears as a nice sweet |
| over 30-40 minutes than from puffing on a cigarette | | | | flavor and an unfortunate myth about water filtration |
| for 5-6 minutes. | | | | are really just bad for your health. Protect your lungs, |
| And there is significantly more tar in smoking a hookah | | | | heart and body from the effects of smoking hookah |
| pipe than in cigarettes and tar is what causes heart | | | | pipes. Do your research first if you've never smoked a |
| disease and cancer, not nicotine. | | | | hookah pipe. If you're already smoking consider |
| It also appears that smoking hookah pipes is just as | | | | stopping before you become addicted and ruin your |
| addictive as smoking cigarettes. It appears that | | | | health. It may not be reversible. If you smoke, quit |
| physical dependence on nicotine and the psychological | | | | smoking now! |