What is in hookah?!


Question: my understanding: hookah = tobacco + flavoring

someone just told me that it never leaves your body and that its really really bad.

i disagree.

who's right?

**professional answer would be deeeeeply appreciated =) thank youu


Answers: my understanding: hookah = tobacco + flavoring

someone just told me that it never leaves your body and that its really really bad.

i disagree.

who's right?

**professional answer would be deeeeeply appreciated =) thank youu

Hookahs are a water pipe used to smoke a fruit flavoured tobacco called Sheesha. The Hookah has a bowl on top in which the sheesha is placed, and then coals are placed on top to burn the sheesha. Then the user sucks the smoke through the water using a hose.

The sheesha is actually a bit more dangerous than smoking cigarettes, and yes, this is documented. (I am just putting it out there, not looking for a fight, here.) It does leave your body, but it is slightly worse than smoking.

unforunately i dont have a professional answer - but i do smoke a hookah

hookah shisha (the stuff you put in the bowl) is just tobacco molassas and other flavors

the difference is that its only filtered through water which can result in higher density of particals which has recently been in the news a lot as much worse for your lungs

as far as i know hookah smoke is probably worse than cigarettes but not SIGNIFICANTLY worse

Most things smoked from a hookah are molasses and tobacco. It has been proven by many studies that it is much better for you than smoking cigars or cigarettes. Now there is still tobacco in it, so it's still kinda like changing seats on the Titanic. I have 2 hookah's personally and enjoy lighting them up for parties or just for hanging out.

Hookah=tobacco + Flavoring

Here's how it works, if you smoke tobacco out of a pipe, it's the same as out of hookah. Or, you can think of a hookah as a bong. Either way, the smoke leaves your body just like smoking a cigarette. A hookah, like a pipe, is unfiltered so yes, it is worse than smoking a cigarette with a filter. However, the smoke that goes into your lungs is cooled by the water, so it doesn't burn like smoking a pipe and is cooler than smoking a cigarette.
Any way you go, smoke leaves a residue on your lungs. I mean, you're inhaling smoke. People die from smoke inhalation in burning buildings all the time. So of course it's not good.
As for it never leaving your body, I guess it's all on how you look at it.

i don't know its spelled weird

A hookah is a water pipe that is used to smoke tobacco. Usually a flavored kind but any kind really.

The water filters out some of the chemicals in the tobacco and also cools the smoke so you can smoke more.

The theory is that you can get a more satisfying nicotine buzz while smoking less.





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