Is Hookah Smoking Bad for Health than Cigarettes? Unleashing the Myth!

According to research, it was revealed that one Hookah Smoking delivers about 125 times the smoke, times the tar, 2.5 times the nicotine and 10 times the carbon monoxide of a single cigarette.

MYTH: Hookah smoke is filtered through water so it filters out harmful ingredients.

TRUTH: Smoking tobacco through water does not filter out cancer-causing chemicals. Water-filtered smoke can damage the lungs and heart as much as cigarette smoke.

Causes of Hookah Smoking

It is found that the most common reasons for individuals’ inclination to smoke hookah were:

• Positive viewpoints toward smoking hookah.
• Wrong beliefs about its low risks.
• Presumed lack of addiction.
• Social acceptance.
• Ease of access.
• Wrong cultural habits.
• Regulative weakness.

Symptoms of Hookah Addiction

Withdrawal symptoms from the nicotine contained in hookah include:

• Anxiety
• Mood swings
• Attention deficits
• Craving
• Depression
• Increased appetite
• Irritability
• Impaired cognitive skills
• Sleep disturbances

Risk Factors of Hookah Smoking: Hookah Health Effects

• Sharing of hookah pipes may result in transmission of serious infection including hepatitis and tuberculosis.
• Hookah smokers are at a high risk of starting to smoke cigarettes.
• Babies born to women who smoked water pipes every day while pregnant weigh less at birth (at least 3½ ounces less) than babies born to nonsmokers.
• Babies born to hookah smokers are also at increased risk for respiratory diseases.
• The charcoal used to heat the tobacco can raise health risks by producing high levels of carbon monoxide, metals, and cancer-causing chemicals.
• Even after it has passed through water, the smoke from a hookah has high levels of these toxic agents.
• Hookah tobacco and smoke contain several toxic agents known to cause lung, bladder, and oral cancers.
• Tobacco juices from hookahs irritate the mouth and increase the risk of developing oral cancers.

Preventing Hookah Smoking through Rehab

As a responsible individual; here are the things you could do to spread awareness:

• Talk to your children early and often about the risks of using nicotine in any form.
• Know and understand the laws in your state and counsel others accordingly.
• If you are concerned that your child is using hookah; plan yearly physical examination with your family and also encourage other about it.
• Educate people you know using hookah that there is no evidence that using hookah can help them break a smoking habit and may also increase the risk of other addictions.

Hookah smoking is an old tradition but has recently grown in popularity. Although there are limited studies on the smoking hookah, researchers are working on other aspects, including how to help people quit. The most used technique called motivational incentive is applied in which a regular hookah smoker is given something valuable as motivation to quit smoking. Don’t be lulled into thinking that smoking cessation is something you can put off until later in life as the longer you wait, the more you are at risk!!

Know more, get the appropriate help. Feel free to call us today at 9611194949 or visit Cadabam’s Anunitha. We can help you fight hookah smoking or any other addiction because you are not alone.