Hookah

Hookah smoke has been associated with clogged arteries.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014.

American Lung Association, 2007. http://www.lungusa2.org/embargo/slati/Trendalert_Waterpipes.pdf Blank MD, Cobb CO, Kilgalen B, Austin J, Weaver MF, Shihadeh A, Eissenberg T. Acute Effects of Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Control Study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2011;116(1–3):102–9 [accessed 2017 July 7].[accessed 2017 July 7].

A 1-hour hookah session is equal to smoking
100
Cigarettes.

1. World Health Organization.”Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: Health Effects, Research Needs and Recommended AcLons By Regulators.”WHO Study Group On Tobacco Product RegulaLon (TobReg).World Health OrganizaLon, 2005. Web. http:// www.who.int/ tobacco/global_interacLon/tobreg/ WaterpiperecommendaLon_Final.pdf • 2. Rahman S, Chang L, Hadgu S, Salinas-Miranda AA, Corvin J. Prevalence, Knowledge, and Practices of Hookah Smoking Among University Students, Florida, 2012. Prev Chronic Dis 2014;11:140099. DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140099

Cobb C, Ward KD, Maziak W, Shihadeh AL, Eissenberg T. Waterpipe tobacco smoking: an emerging health crisis in the United States. Am J Health Behav. 2010;34(3):275–285.

Why does hookah make you lightheaded?

El Zaatari ZM, Chami HA, Zaatari GS. Health effects associated with waterpipe smoking. Tobacco Control 2015;24:i31-i43.

The glowing charcoal used in hookah releases high levels of carbon monoxide and other cancer-causing chemicals.

Cobb, Caroline, et al.”Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: An Emerging Health Crisis in the United States.” American Journal of Health Behavior. 34(3). May-June 2010: 275–285. Web.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ articles/PMC3215592

American Lung Association. An Emerging Deadly Trend: Waterpipe Tobacco Washington: American Lung Association, 2007

The smoke from a hookah session contains

46 times

More tar than a single cigarette.

World Health Organization.”Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: Health Effects, Research Needs and Recommended AcLons By Regulators.”WHO Study Group On Tobacco Product RegulaLon (TobReg).World Health OrganizaLon, 2005. Web. http:// www.who.int/ tobacco/global_interacLon/tobreg/ WaterpiperecommendaLon_Final.pdf | Hayes, Jay Taylor. “Quit Smoking.” Hookah Smoking: Is It Safer than Cigarette Smoking? Web. http:// www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/quit-smoking/expertanswers/ hookah/faq-20057920f