Hjälp med vattenpips fakta o lämplighet för tonåringar

TS: Jag hittade det har pa
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/2456.html

"Some people feel that smoking a hookah is safer than other methods of tobacco smoking since the water is thought to filter out the harmful compounds before the smoke is inhaled. But, compared to cigarettes, little research exists on the health risks of hookah smoking. To date, there have been no studies looking specifically at the consequences of smoking the non-tobacco substances that are used for flavoring. The little research that does exist, though, shows preliminary evidence that suggest hookahs are not any safer than cigarettes, and as with cigarettes, effects may include a higher chance of developing heart disease and/or lung cancer. On the other hand, because hookah smoking is usually a social activity, those who use hookah pipes might not be smoking as often or as much as cigarette, cigar, and pipe smokers."

Det ar alltsa ingen som riktigt vet. Jag laste nyligen att man far i sig mer nikotin nat man roker vattenpipa an vanlig pipa, men ar inte saker pa hur sant det ar. Rent spontant skulle jag tycka att om ni ar emot att roka sa kan ni inte ga med pa att de roker vattenpipa. Det later som en motsagelsefull (och inte speciellt effektiv) kompromiss.

Ok, Hittade lite mer information pa www.mayoclinic.com/health/hookah/AN01265

Den har kallan ar tillforlitlig, eftersom the Mayo clinics betraktas som de basta sjukvardsinrattningarna i USA.

"There is a myth that hookah smoking is safer than smoking cigarettes because the hookah smoke is filtered through water before it is inhaled. But recent studies have found that hookah smokers actually inhale more nicotine than do cigarette smokers because of the massive volume of smoke they inhale [...]

Although many believe that the water in the hookah filters out all the "bad stuff" in the tobacco smoke, this isn't true. According to a recent World Health Organization (WHO) advisory, a typical one-hour session of hookah smoking exposes the user to 100 to 200 times the volume of smoke inhaled from a single cigarette. Even after passing through the water, the tobacco smoke produced still contains high levels of toxic compounds, including carbon monoxide, heavy metals and cancer-causing chemicals (carcinogens). Hookah smoking also delivers significant levels of nicotine ? the very addictive substance in tobacco.

The trend of hookah smoking has doctors and public health experts concerned because ? despite the claim of many users ? smoking from a hookah is just as dangerous as smoking a cigarette."

Ts: Nja, det verkar som om de tva har mer att gora med varandra an vad man kanske tror.