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Research Shows Hookah Session Can Equal 10-40 Cigarettes.
ORLANDO, Fla. --
It's become all the rage with University of Central Florida college students, but smoking a hookah may be more hazardous than cigarettes .
Most of them think smoking a hookah is much less of a threat to their health than smoking cigarettes, but the research is alarming. It turns out hookah smoking may be much worse.
Smoking Hookah May Be Worse Than Cigarettes - Health News Story - WESH Orlando (http://www.wesh.com/health/24266583/detail.html?treets=orl&tid=26511385390813&tml=orl_ 12pm&tmi=orl_12pm_1_11000107152010&ts=H - broken link)
I know A LOT of hookah smokers and they smoke maybe 15-20 minutes a week at the most, and they share it with 3 or 4 other people...they don't just sit there and puff by themselves.
I haven't studied much about it, but you have cigarette smokers that smoke multiple times a day, are taking in straight burning smoke less than 5 inches away from the ignition source, plus you know that tobacco is FILLED with chemicals that are added during the process.
My shisha ingredients are: Tobacco leaves (actual leaves, not ground up stuff) molasses and a little flavor. I'm not saying it's safer, but I also don't think it's like smoking 40+ cigarettes in a single session.
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