It so happened that in our country everything imported is welcomed, starting with clothes and shoes, ending with drugs and hookahs. Why is hookah on the same line with drugs? After all, it is practically harmless. So, at least, many lovers of this eastern apparatus believe. However, the harm of a hookah for many years is a topic of controversy. Hookah is an eastern pipe of smoke, with the help of which from ancient times the inhabitants of Egypt relaxed. In recent years, hookah smoking has become fashionable in America and throughout Europe. There are special bars that offer their visitors relax and smoke oriental hookah. Almost all nightlife establishments offer hookah on their menu. Hookah is popularized among young people as a safe way to relax for relatively little money. Is it really? Is hookah a safe oriental gift that does not harm the human body? And here one should object to this opinion. People who are addicted to smoking hookah can arbitrarily convince themselves of its safety for health. In fact, this is far from the case. We will confirm the "flattering" words about the hookah with facts that increasingly prove the huge harm of the hookah to the human body.
You should know that any smoke arising under the influence of slow decay contains in its composition substances that negatively affect the human body. Nicotine, carbon monoxide, resins, formaldehydes cause permanent damage to our health. Tobacco of any kind and its smoke (including tobacco used for smoking hookah) causes negative mutations in the body at the genetic level. Of course, genetics is not fully understood, but it is quite possible to transmit the disease to your descendants. By smoking a hookah, you harm not only yourself, but also your future grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Many people believe that hookah is a harmless alternative to smoking regular cigarettes. This is the deepest error. The fact is that the harm of a hookah is actually much more than the negative effects of cigarettes. Recently, studies have been conducted, which have been shown that hookah smokers inhale the amount of tobacco smoke equal to 100-200 cigarettes smoked. Many believe that the water through which smoke passes saves from such a fate. It's a delusion. The temperature of the smoke in a hookah is about 400 degrees. Even after passing through the water, the combustion products will not cool to a safe temperature for the human body. In addition, many components of tobacco smoke cannot by nature dissolve in water. Thus, they all go straight to the lungs of a person who smokes a hookah. A cigarette, unlike a hookah, can be thrown away if you need to run somewhere, but the procedure for smoking an oriental gift takes a lot of time. Any type of nicotine causes a chemical dependence in humans. In order to get enough of nicotine, a hookah smoker needs to spend 20 to 80 minutes of his time behind the device. Imagine how much tar and carbon monoxide your body gets. Statistics are accurate. So, when smoking one cigarette, the smoker makes an average of 10-13 puffs and inhales a volume of smoke equal to 0.5 liters. During a hookah smoking session, a person takes up to two hundred puffs, with each breath containing a volume of smoke up to one liter. From this it follows that by smoking a hookah, you are harming yourself equivalent to a hundred smoked cigarettes. And how then to deny the harm of a hookah? For the most ardent hookah fans, there are two iron facts: laryngeal cancer and lung cancer. Most smoking mixes for hookahs are made using the artisanal method. Moreover, no one tests them for the content of substances hazardous to human life. The main cause of cancer of the larynx and trachea from smoking a hookah is a large amount of smoke, which the smoker instantly draws into himself. In this case, the nearby organs of the respiratory system suffer. Here you have a completely harmless hookah. Even in the homeland of this device, doctors state the fact that hookah is the main reason because of which tuberculosis spreads.
As you can see, the harm of smoking a hookah is obvious. Only a person blindly chasing fashion trends can continue to smoke a hookah and not think about the consequences. Everyone has their own opinion, but you must remember that the harm of the hookah is proven and carries with it sad consequences for the health of the body.