Ever been to a hookah bar? Did you ever think twice before sucking on the pipe? Some think that hookahs are a better alternative to smoking cigarettes… WRONG.
According to NYTimes.com, a study from the Journal of Pediatrics did a questionnaire between 2007-2008, with a little over 1,000 people ages 18-24 who had also participated in a study on nicotine use in teens. About 3/4 of the students completed the questionnaire, of those 23% reported to have smoked tobacco in a water pipe (hookah) in the past year.
The United States has had studies on college students and guestimates that almost 20% had tried a hookah in the past 30 days.
“One myth is that because the texture is smoother, it is less toxic, and the water filters out the toxins,” Dr. O’Loughlin said. “That is not at all true.” In fact, she said, the pipes may expose smokers to higher amounts of nicotine and heavy metals than cigarettes.
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