Health experts in the house. Is there any proven adverse effect of smoking shisha?

if not abused, it is medicinal.

like water in Egypt.


".......... Dr Khalid Anis, chairman of NTAG in
Manchester, says: "There's a misconception that
shisha is not as bad for you as cigarettes,
because the tobacco is flavoured and passes
through water first. But the carcinogens and
nicotine are still there. So a regular shisha
smoker can expect to be at risk to the similar
health problems that cigarette smokers face,
whether that's respiratory, heart disease or
cancer. As with any other tobacco product, I
expect regular shisha smokers will find it
addictive, to the point that they may need it
every day."
According to research carried out by the World
Health Organisation (WHO), the volume of
smoke inhaled in an hour-long shisha session is
estimated to be the equivalent of smoking
between 100 and 200 cigarettes. The estimated
findings go on to show that, on average, a
smoker will inhale half a litre of smoke per
cigarette, while a shisha smoker can take in
anything from just under a sixth of a litre to a
litre of smoke per inhale.
But a niche tobacco expert from a London local
authority suggests the WHO findings are
"alarmist", pointing out that there's not yet been
enough research into the long-term effects of
shisha smoking. Dr Kamal Chaouachi, a tobacco
expert who teaches at Paris IX University and
has researched shisha for 15 years, says
comparing shisha with cigarettes "amounts to
comparing oranges to apples".
According to Chaouachi, studies led by
independent researchers at the Royal University
of Saudi Arabia have shown that shisha smoke
is 30 times less concentrated in chemicals than
cigarette smoke, contradicting the WHO's
warnings. "It is ludicrous and anti-scientific to
claim that hookah or shisha smoke is 200 times
more toxic than cigarette smoke," he says.
"While about 5,000 chemicals have been
identified so far in cigarette smoke, chemists
and pharmacologists from Saudi Arabia only
found 142 chemicals in shisha smoke. Also, a
medical team in Pakistan found that shisha
smoke can be much less carcinogenic and
radioactive than cigarette smoke."
In March, the BBC published a news story
claiming that GPs in Leicester "are seeing an
increase in teenagers with health problems
linked to shisha pipe smoking". But Leicester
PCT now says the story was erroneous; while it
maintains the number of teenagers in the city
smoking shisha is on the rise, it says GPs have
not confirmed an increase in treating patients
with health problems caused directly by shisha.
So, with all the conflicting evidence, are the
health concerns around shisha just a load of hot
air? "The research on shisha is admittedly
limited," concedes Anis. "But I have to concur
with the WHO. If you watch the way people
smoke shisha, they take deliberate, deep breaths
before exhaling so there is a lot of smoke being
inhaled."
Rezavi is unconvinced by the arguments. "Sure,
inhaling tobacco smoke, whether it's from
shisha or cigarettes, is never going to be good
for you," he says. "I know that, but at the end of
the day it's just something I enjoy."


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ayobase:
if not abused, it is medicinal.

like water in Egypt.


".......... Dr Khalid Anis, chairman of NTAG in
Manchester, says: "There's a misconception that
shisha is not as bad for you as cigarettes,
because the tobacco is flavoured and passes
through water first. But the carcinogens and
nicotine are still there. So a regular shisha
smoker can expect to be at risk to the similar
health problems that cigarette smokers face,
whether that's respiratory, heart disease or
cancer. As with any other tobacco product, I
expect regular shisha smokers will find it
addictive, to the point that they may need it
every day."
According to research carried out by the World
Health Organisation (WHO), the volume of
smoke inhaled in an hour-long shisha session is
estimated to be the equivalent of smoking
between 100 and 200 cigarettes. The estimated
findings go on to show that, on average, a
smoker will inhale half a litre of smoke per
cigarette, while a shisha smoker can take in
anything from just under a sixth of a litre to a
litre of smoke per inhale.
But a niche tobacco expert from a London local
authority suggests the WHO findings are
"alarmist", pointing out that there's not yet been
enough research into the long-term effects of
shisha smoking. Dr Kamal Chaouachi, a tobacco
expert who teaches at Paris IX University and
has researched shisha for 15 years, says
comparing shisha with cigarettes "amounts to
comparing oranges to apples".
According to Chaouachi, studies led by
independent researchers at the Royal University
of Saudi Arabia have shown that shisha smoke
is 30 times less concentrated in chemicals than
cigarette smoke, contradicting the WHO's
warnings. "It is ludicrous and anti-scientific to
claim that hookah or shisha smoke is 200 times
more toxic than cigarette smoke," he says.
"While about 5,000 chemicals have been
identified so far in cigarette smoke, chemists
and pharmacologists from Saudi Arabia only
found 142 chemicals in shisha smoke. Also, a
medical team in Pakistan found that shisha
smoke can be much less carcinogenic and
radioactive than cigarette smoke."
In March, the BBC published a news story
claiming that GPs in Leicester "are seeing an
increase in teenagers with health problems
linked to shisha pipe smoking". But Leicester
PCT now says the story was erroneous; while it
maintains the number of teenagers in the city
smoking shisha is on the rise, it says GPs have
not confirmed an increase in treating patients
with health problems caused directly by shisha.
So, with all the conflicting evidence, are the
health concerns around shisha just a load of hot
air? "The research on shisha is admittedly
limited," concedes Anis. "But I have to concur
with the WHO. If you watch the way people
smoke shisha, they take deliberate, deep breaths
before exhaling so there is a lot of smoke being
inhaled."
Rezavi is unconvinced by the arguments. "Sure,

inhaling tobacco smoke, whether it's from
shisha or cigarettes, is never going to be good
for you," he says. "I know that, but at the end of
the day it's just something I enjoy."


from the guardians

thanks

UcGadaz:

thanks

u r wlc

please what is shisha?

Onyegecha:
please what is shisha?

shisha , is a
syrupy tobacco mix containing molasses and vegetable glycerol
which is smoked in a hookah . some people also use some other substances.

Thanks, my dear. cheers

UcGadaz:

shisha , is a
syrupy tobacco mix containing molasses and vegetable glycerol
which is smoked in a hookah . some people also use some other substances.