Hookah smoke has negative effects

James

Sat May 1 2010 00:59

This information, like all anti-smoking propaganda, is mostly false. I will state that hookah smoking is less healthy than NOT smoking a hookah... To say any form of smoking is completely safe is a ridiculous claim. However: Hookah contains .05% nicotine (compared to 9% of a cigarette), the water filters out the tar, and the most dangerous part of smoking cigarettes is the fact that the tobacco is not really tobacco, but rather reconstituted tobacco paper, with a bunch of crap added to it (look up how they are made). This is not the case with most shisha, which is usually natural tobacco. The same goes for pipe tobacco and cigars. I have been smoking pipes and cigars for over a year on a daily basis, yet I have no nicotine addiction (I decided not to smoke yesterday, and experienced NO withdraws, a day without smoking would REALLY get to a cigarette smoker).

Oh another fact worth noting: There is no evidence supporting claims that second hand smoke is harmful to anyone except infants. Let alone the claim that it is "as bad as" or "worse than" smoking ones-self. However, the anti-smoking campaign keeps regurgitating this without claiming any evidence (there isn't any).

Repeating something doesn't make it fact... Its just a repeated lie. Its called science: try it sometime!

Anonymous

Thu Mar 25 2010 07:06

this is wrong, hookah smoke contains 0 percent tar, no carbon monoxide and .05 percent nicotine. get your facts strait before you try to give something a bad name

Christopher Sauer

Tue Mar 16 2010 12:37

Dear Alicia Borque,
You have no idea what you are talking about. Please give us your sources. Wikipedia does not count as a source, I'm sorry. You should probably cite articles. Mmkaythanksbye.

Your name

Mon Nov 30 2009 18:48

dr. kebourquian knows best

Your name

Tue Oct 20 2009 11:23

Bias, are you kidding? This is a LETTER TO THE EDITOR. If you are so dumb as to not know that letters carry the opinion of the writer, and not "bias", then please hold your tongue. We are a Jesuit university that values civilized discourse. Part of civilized discourse is troubling yourself with getting the background information necessary to engage in that discussion.

Drew

Mon Oct 5 2009 13:21

it's really sad that this kind of stuff can be posted on the internet as if it's true. of course smoking is not good for you but if you need some dumbass telling you lies to realize that then you need stronger drugs.

Eh Ajnabi

Sun Sep 20 2009 05:25

Wow this is beyond bias, this is even beyond Fox News distortion. "Director of Counseling and Health Service" ehh.. must be a really cush job.... say whatever you want and get it put online and get paid. Haha I don't think a single thing she said about shisha is true. I don't even smoke it and I know it's bad for you but wow talk about just ignoring readily available information.

Elliot Sanchez

Thu Sep 3 2009 15:06

"For a director of a counseling service, let alone any service, your ability to articulate yourself clearly and concisely is embaressing. Go back to college and learn how to edit."

"Your facts are completely wrong. sight something please. Hookah has .5% nicotine while cigarettes have up to 9% nicotine. Also Hookah, or Shisha which is the correct term for the tobaco, contains 0.0 % tar."

I know that we've successfully raised our freshman enrollment to record levels, and I am very grateful. For the future of the university though, I pray that these young rhetoricians aren't among them.

Ashley

Tue Sep 1 2009 01:19

One of my best nights at Loyola was spent sitting around a hookah.

Your name

Thu Jul 30 2009 00:26

The fact is that inhaling any kind of smoke into your lungs is not going to be perfectly healthy. I have heard from so many people that smoking this isn't nearly as bad, but I agree that it's all about the amount of time you smoke. I'm sure there are different kinds of shesha with different amounts of nicotine in it. It all depends on what you get and who you believe. As long as you don't smoke it daily, or even weekly, it won't be as bad as someone who smokes cigarettes every day.

Charles-Harrisburg PA

Sat Jul 4 2009 15:32

"Hookah smoke CAN contain four times more nicotine than cigarettes". When you are doing a report on things be specific.

I have a Tub of Shisha on one hand stating 0.05% nicotine and in the other hand one stating 0.00% nicotine.

Guess it all depends on what you smoke ;D

exotic panda

Sat Jun 20 2009 00:03

shit is good.. i'd rather have fun now and die a year earlier when i'm 80

A Concerned Mom

Fri Jun 5 2009 10:14

Any kind of smoking is bad for you, period.

Highschool Hollyn

Sun May 24 2009 20:34

Peyton~This guy has no legit proof...your friends will only think you're trying to control them instead of inform them by showing them this. The truth is, no one is really sure of the long-term effects of hookah. If you're in highschool, and your friends want to try it, they will. Most likely, the cilia (hairs in the esophogus) in their throats will be unaccostumed to the smoke, and they'll be convinced they don't like it. Personallly, I chose to smoke hookah. They have to choose for themselves. I have asthma, I run, I sing, and still have not witnessed any negitive effects in the past three years. I may not condone hookah, but I like to be reasonable.

Pax

Sun Apr 19 2009 18:48

I agree propaganda is nothing more than a form of control and is always grossly exaggerated.

College student

Tue Mar 31 2009 10:42

Hookah DOES contain tar and IS harmful.Those writing comments need to check THEIR sources and either take responsibility for doing something terrible for themselves or have enough character to stop smoking. And, to "Your name," what is embarassing is the fact that you don't know how to spell the word.

god

Mon Feb 23 2009 10:38

You guys are fags hookahs are amazing

Your name

Wed Jan 21 2009 21:25

Tar is produced whenever you burn a plant, even tho hookah tobacco is warmed/(baked) it still does deliver tar into your lungs. The length of time smoking a hookah (40 to 50mins) lends to deliver more nicotine into your lungs. I think this new trend needs more studies for longer perios of times to gives us more of an accurate result.

Jacob Smith

Sat Dec 6 2008 21:25

There are certainly negative health effects to smoking a hookah, however your facts are incorrect. It has been shown in numerous studies that hookah smoke contains less tar, carbon monoxide and nicotine than a cigarette. This is just another example of how authorities blatantly lie about the dangers of substances when they become popular, much like the false claims on marijuana.
No, people should not smoke tobacco in any form, though it is certainly their right to do so. Additionally, making outrageous claims about the dangers of hookah tobacco will not decrease the number of those partaking, but will instead sow distrust into individuals when they discover your thinly veiled lies. Please provide honest statistics and trust in us to make educated decisions about our own health.

Your name

Thu Nov 20 2008 19:36

For a director of a counseling service, let alone any service, your ability to articulate yourself clearly and concisely is embaressing. Go back to college and learn how to edit. Oh and, by the way, I agree with college student; learn your facts before you report them.