The Rising Allure—and Danger—of Hookah

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cigarette smoke contains formaldehyde, ammonia, acetone, arsenic, and benzene just to name a few and if you figure that the average smoker smokes a pack a day that is 20 cigarettes. There for you have the smoker taking in pretty close to the same amount of smoke and who knows how many more chemicals.

tyler of AZ 5:56PM April 06, 2011

I like Hookah and this article is very informative. And over all im glad that i read this.
BUT i feel that is leaving out the 500 other chemicals that are in cigarettes. Yes Shisha is tobacco but it is in NO way as harmful or more harmful than the chemicals that are in cigarettes. Any form of smoke will have carbon dioxide. its Smoke. Thank You Lisa for the information on Herbal shisha! I will definitely use that instead.
GREAT ARTICLE!!!

sondralyn of MO 12:50AM November 23, 2010

I smoke hookah and I never smoke cigarettes and I only smoke hookah with a group of friends and the only thing I'd even consider smoking outside of hookah is black & milds just because they're flavored.

no of AL 5:00AM November 02, 2010

I find this article quite interesting, considering the last hookah tobacco box that I read stated that there was 0% tar and 0.05% nicotine. I do believe that 1 cigarette carries more than 0.05% nicotine. Maybe this is just another way for big tobacco to attempt to contain its grasp on the federal govn, or maybe its the other way around.

C of PA 12:00PM October 13, 2010

Yes, but there are two types of hookah and you are only referring to the kind that contains tobacco. There is hookah that contains absolutely no tobacco, which is herbal hookah.

Lisa-Marie 1:17PM September 17, 2010