Shisha is the flavoured tobacco smoked using hookah water pipes. It is
also known by other names such as: Narghile, Hubble Bubble, Goza, among
others.
A hookah consists of a base, pipe, bowl and hose or a mouthpiece.
Tobacco is placed in the bowl, which is at the top of the pipe
structure. An aluminium foil covers the bowl and small charcoal pieces
are then placed on the foil, which is punctured using a pin to gently
heat the tobacco.
When smoked using the hose; smooth, sweet-smelling vapour is filtered
through the base containing water. It also comes in floral flavours such
as coconut, vanilla and rose.
According to a 2014 study published in the Journal Cancer Epidemiology
& Prevention, smoking shisha could make nicotine urine levels spike
by more than 70 million times; also resulting in the increase of
cancer-causing agents.
Quitshisha.com incorporated findings from the study with other research results and schemed the following shisha health hazards:
Causes cancer
Due to the mode of Shisha smoking—including frequency of puffing, depth
of inhalation, and length of the smoking session—Shisha smokers may
absorb higher concentrations of the toxins found in cigarette smoke,
thus increasing the hazard to the body.
Shisha, tobacco and smoke contain numerous toxic substances known to cause lung, bladder, and oral cancers.
A typical one-hour session of hookah smoking exposes the user to 100 to
200 times the volume of smoke inhaled from a single cigarette.
Pregnancy complications
Shisha smoking among pregnant mothers is hazardous to the baby as well.
It could face underweight problems and breathing difficulty. Babies born
to women who smoked one or more water pipes a day during pregnancy have
lower birth weights than babies born to non-smokers and are at an
increased risk for respiratory diseases, says Quitshisha.com.
Heart problems
Shisha content contains numerous toxic substances known to cause clogged arteries and heart disease.
Spread of infections
Shisha pipes used in hookah bars and cafes may not be cleaned properly, risking the spread of infectious diseases.
Infectious diseases include: tuberculosis (which can infect the lungs or
other parts of the body), aspergillus (a fungus that can cause serious
lung infections), and helicobacter (which can cause stomach ulcers).
They may be spread by sharing the pipe or through the way the tobacco is prepared.
Second hand smoke
Using Shisha smoke poses a serious potential health hazard to smokers and others exposed to the smoke emitted.
The second hand smoke from Shisha poses a serious risk for non-smokers,
particularly because it contains smoke not only from the tobacco but
also from the heat source (e.g., charcoal) used in the hookah.
The use of smoking Shisha as a past time hobby, a bonding session or a social event for some is entirely one’s choice.
The listed effects of smoking shisha are just but a few; however, one
thing is for sure, the moment you are having a shisha session you could
be slowly buying yourself a quicker ticket to the grave.
Thursday, 28 April 2016
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WARNING!! Here Is Why Smoking SHISHA Could Be Leading You To The GRAVE Very Soon....Its WORSE Than Cigarettes
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