Hookah Health Risks
It is usually believed that when smoking from a hookah the harmful effects are minimized, as nicotine and other toxins are removed from tobacco. This is not true. Just like in cigarette nicotine present in tobacco of hookah is addictive, and addictive people are at risk for oral cancer, oesophageal cancer, stomach cancer, cardiovascular diseases and even fertility issues. |
| Health risks related to Hookah Smoking |
Is Hookah Worse than Cigarettes
- The volume of one hour of hookah smoking is equal to 100-200 times of volume of cigarette smoke.
- The amount of nicotine in the tobacco chambers is equal to nicotine amount in 70 cigarettes.
- Hookah smoke contains 6 times more carbon monoxide and 46 times more tar than a cigarette smoke.
- The same amount of harmful chemical which are present in the cigarette smoke are also found in hookah smoke like tar, chromium, arsenic, carbon monocide, lead, nickel and cobalt.
- The burning of charcoal produces additional carbon monoxide and other hydrocarbons which are harmful to consumers.
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| Hookah smoking is as worse as cigarette smoking |
Effects of Hookah Smoking
Tobacco of Hookah makes the consumer more addicted and its more harmful to the health of smoker than a typical cigarettes. It has nothing to do with minimizing the harmful effect of tobacco. Instead one hour of smoking hookah is equal to two days of cigarette smoking.
Hookah smoker is more prone to heart diseases and stroke as it tends to increase the blood pressure as well as the heart rate. Long term use of smoking hookah leads to different cancers, lungs and heart diseases,
