is smoking a hookah as bad as a cigarette?

ejazbmw · 01-08-2009, 06:00 PM

maybe a stupid question but i never smoked a cigarette in my life and lately I've been into these hookah bars that are near my campus. I don't go every day but more like every other week, and I just bought one so we could save some money

. Anyway back to the point I've read around and everyone says its the equivalent of smoking a cigarette but not as addicting. Now that kinda bugs me because the last thing i want is to be coughing like 60year old man that has tar in his lungs. I don't drink all that much either but i do enjoy a good smoke from a hookah but don't want to if i end up with some sort of chance of getting cancer or crap.

Maybe I'm over reacting but i can't get straight answer from google lol

ejazbmw · 01-08-2009, 06:06 PM

they say its not addicting but its been 2 weeks since i've smoked one and i gotta tell you I've been itching for one lol

mpimping · 01-08-2009, 06:06 PM

it's supposedly worse

MpoweredM · 01-08-2009, 06:08 PM

Worse.

Tondtar · 01-08-2009, 06:09 PM

Much worse ...(Cough!)

e46e92love · 01-08-2009, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MpoweredM

Worse.

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Originally Posted by Tondtar

Much worse ...(Cough!)

No way its worse......

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ejazbmw · 01-08-2009, 06:13 PM

damn really? i thought i was a safer alternative rather then a cigarette?

hanmaas · 01-08-2009, 06:13 PM

it is equivalent, if not higher to a cigarette in terms of the damage it causes/can cause.
"Other research shows that a single 45 minute session of hookah tobacco smoking (tobacco molasses) delivers slightly less tar and carbon monoxide (around 3-6%) than a full pack of cigarettes."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah#Health_risks

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Originally Posted by ejazbmw

Maybe I'm over reacting but i can't get straight answer from google lol

Try Wikipedia next time

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Kensta335 · 01-08-2009, 06:14 PM

I would say worse cause they are non-filtered

hanmaas · 01-08-2009, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ejazbmw

damn really? i thought i was a safer alternative rather then a cigarette?

its a common misperception. i came across one study that found the amount of tar to be 10 times higher than from a cigarette in comparable amounts of puffs. water or milk doesn't function as a filter in the way a cigarette filter does.

EURpower · 01-08-2009, 06:18 PM

All that smoke your inhaling with hookah. Definitely worse.

hanmaas · 01-08-2009, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by damadama

Yeah I dont believe that its worse in any way. You aren't really burning the tobacco so to speak, its more of a vaporization process I guess.

the tobacco burns just like in a cigarette, apart from the tobacco being different and not completely dry. it doesn't matter whether its from direct or indirect heat.

Tondtar · 01-08-2009, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by hanmaas

its a common misperception. i came across one study that found the amount of tar to be 10 times higher than from a cigarette in comparable amounts of puffs. water or milk doesn't function as a filter in the way a cigarette filter does.

+1 ..That's why it's so common in Middle East.
Raw nicotine taste FTW

MisterSkiMask · 01-08-2009, 06:23 PM

at least you are not breating bits of fiberglass into your lungs (from the filters)

ejazbmw · 01-08-2009, 06:23 PM

man i just ordered this hookah to haha i think i'll keep though since i don't smoke it everyday even when we go the lounge we go ever other saturday. i think if i start to do it more and more i'll throw it away

MrHarris · 01-08-2009, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ejazbmw

man i just ordered this hookah to haha i think i'll keep though since i don't smoke it everyday even when we go the lounge we go ever other saturday. i think if i start to do it more and more i'll throw it away

That's what you say NOW....

ejazbmw · 01-08-2009, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MrHarris

That's what you say NOW....

i think i can control my urge though because i was really addicted to it before when i first started but now due to winter break i haven't touched one for a month.

GAM3OVR85 · 01-08-2009, 06:46 PM

i think its worse!!

c0nstant · 01-08-2009, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MisterSkiMask

at least you are not breating bits of fiberglass into your lungs (from the filters)

fiberglass is only found in menthol cigarettes as far as i know

ejazbmw · 01-08-2009, 06:56 PM

i guess i can't get a straight answer here either lol i guess time will tell

darkphantom · 01-08-2009, 07:44 PM

Well if you don't mind talking to your children/grand children through a pipe, I guess it isn't damaging. Hookah = concentrated Nicotine. Come to the chatroom and we'll have a talk. I believe I've persuaded Kabalm to quit smoking...hopefully I can help you out, IF you want to quit. It really is a self-conscious decision, unless you want to die a slow painful death...then it really isn't a decision...

ejazbmw · 01-08-2009, 08:16 PM

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Well if you don't mind talking to your children/grand children through a pipe, I guess it isn't damaging. Hookah = concentrated Nicotine. Come to the chatroom and we'll have a talk. I believe I've persuaded Kabalm to quit smoking...hopefully I can help you out, IF you want to quit. It really is a self-conscious decision, unless you want to die a slow painful death...then it really isn't a decision...

haha your kinda scaring me now

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ejazbmw blahhh 321 Rep 6,355 Posts Drives: 2014 M235I Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NJ/NY iTrader: (7)	is smoking a hookah as bad as a cigarette? maybe a stupid question but i never smoked a cigarette in my life and lately I've been into these hookah bars that are near my campus. I don't go every day but more like every other week, and I just bought one so we could save some money . Anyway back to the point I've read around and everyone says its the equivalent of smoking a cigarette but not as addicting. Now that kinda bugs me because the last thing i want is to be coughing like 60year old man that has tar in his lungs. I don't drink all that much either but i do enjoy a good smoke from a hookah but don't want to if i end up with some sort of chance of getting cancer or crap. Maybe I'm over reacting but i can't get straight answer from google lol
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ejazbmw blahhh 321 Rep 6,355 Posts Drives: 2014 M235I Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NJ/NY iTrader: (7)	they say its not addicting but its been 2 weeks since i've smoked one and i gotta tell you I've been itching for one lol
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