At 9/28/09 12:41 AM, Guardian-Angel wrote:
My friend claims that it only has 0.05% nicotine, making it not that harmful. But I saw that from the World Health Organization, an hour long hookah session is equal to 70 cigarettes. It was on the wikipedia page on hookah if you're interested, too lazy to link it.
By the by, a low nicotine count doesn't mean it isn't harmful. Nicotine doesn't harm your body in the first place.
At 9/28/09 12:51 AM, Prinzy2 wrote:
Ignorance on both sides. I've argued tobacco to death and for the most part people never change their minds, there are thousands of studies with varied results, and millions of articles if you search Google.
It's probably horrible for you, the smoke is thick and if you're breathing nothing but smoke for an hour, no doubt it's going to fuck up your lungs, especially if you do it on a regular basis. It's like binge drinking for smokers.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Here in Egypt shishas are commonplace in almost every cafe. They're actually cheaper to order than a can of soda. This annoys me because I don't smoke and I generally have to sit through hours of second-hand smoke being blown all over the place.
