Hooked on hookah: Popularity of tobacco alternative brings warning from health experts
February 29, 2012 at 3:05 pm in Grand Forks Herald
Hookah smoking, which originated in India and the Middle East, is catching on throughout the United States, especially among younger people in college towns and larger cities, but medical professionals are concerned that the health risks are largely misunderstood. Continue Reading
‘Some hookah smokers claim they experience a “high,” but “they’re probably in the early stages of carbon monoxide poisoning,” Barnett said.’
HAHAHA what?! Okay, well, from a man that actually has smoked hookah, that “high” is the same type of “high” that you get when you chew tobacco. Using logic, I can deduce that the “high” is created by the intake of nicotene, not from carbon monoxide poisoning…
PROTIP: Use a hookah in a well-ventilated area and it will not be nearly as harmful as a cigarette. It’s not like you sit there and suck on the nozzle for the entire one-hour session. You take pulls from it, just like a cigarette. Of course, I’m sure if you do not use in moderation (like many other substances out there- alcohol comes to mind) that the health risks would be high. However, for the typical hookah smoker this article is a bunch of phooey.
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A hookah without cannibus…What’s the use? I guess if you have an infinity for flavored tobacco. I’ve never done it and have no disre to, but it seem kind of like drinking Near Beer in replacement of beer
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