Hookah is not only a smoking device, but also a special tradition, part of a culture with centuries of history. The very first hookahs were made from coconut shell, and nowadays some hookahs represent real works of art of unusual hand assembly. For the first time a hookah originated in India, then smoking hookah very quickly spread to Asian countries, and already in the 19th century came to Europe. Many hookah lovers find it particularly similar to the Chinese tea ceremony. However, many thought about what harm smoking hookah health.
Nowadays the hookah smoking process has been supplemented by the "glamor" touch, and often the hookah is promoted as one of the ways to relieve stress and ways of relaxing after working days. Many hookah establishments open their doors every day for people who want to smoke a hookah in a pleasant and cozy atmosphere, and modern industry and does offer a wide and diverse range of hookahs and accessories for using hookah at home.
But do not stop quarreling about whether smoking hurts or is good for you? However, there is still no definitive answer. If one examines the various aspects of this process, each person can draw his own conclusion.
Harm from smoking hookah.
Smoking hookah - a fairly common phenomenon. People like to relax by hookah, after a hard day's work. However, many people are wondering what harms the smoking of a regular hookah. You can start with the fact that smoking, whether it's a pipe, a cigarette, a cigar, is already a bad habit that no one can get rid of. Due to nicotine, which is contained in tobacco, a person is addicted. Nicotine passes through the lungs into the blood, from there it is rapidly excreted, the smoking person needs to restore the balance of harmful nicotine, this is called nicotine starvation, and there is a constant desire to smoke again. But nicotine, this is not the only thing that a hookah is rich in. The hookah also includes tar, which also enters the human body, is attached to the walls of the vessels and settles in the lungs, which in turn can trigger any respiratory diseases, cancer and atherosclerosis.
Very often the hookah ceremony is complemented by drinking alcoholic beverages, and this greatly increases the negative impact of tobacco and can lead to obvious signs of poisoning the human body, which manifests itself in the form of nausea, malaise, headache. Smoking hookah in public places can cause profound doubts about the hygienic nature of this process, especially if they do not monitor the cleanliness of the hookah and its mouthpiece. You can not know who this hookah smoked before you, whether there were any illnesses with him.
Hookah did not pass by passive smokers, according to experts - hookah has a very strong impact on them, since the concentration of tobacco smoke in special places for smoking hookah is very high and sometimes visible to the naked eye.
The use of hookah
Tobacco smoke, which is inhaled by a person, goes a very long way, before getting into the lungs of a person. Because of this, ash and some harmful impurities are retained by the water filter, and the other part remains in the form of a condensate in the inner surface and hose. The smoke itself, when passing through the liquid, becomes more chilled and moist, and thus does not irritate the respiratory tract at all and does not burn the vocal cords. This scheme gives an occasion to hookah fans to talk about its health benefits and its harmlessness.
It is believed that one hour of smoking equals a smoked cigarette. Smoking hookah is not only smoking, but also a long preparatory stage; first get it, then pour the liquid, then put the tobacco, always cover it with foil and heat the coal.
Tobacco plays a very important role in hookah. Hookah tobacco is much different from ordinary tobacco. It has a structure that is usually sticky and soft due to added honey or fruit treacle. Nowadays, there are many types of hookah tobacco, from first-class to simple. Make it with herbs, with pieces of fruit and other spices. There is also a special smoking mixture that does not contain tobacco, and smoking such a shisha is completely harmless.
How to properly smoke a hookah, so as not to harm your health
In order to make the process of smoking hookah more harmless, you must follow a number of rules: for smoking use only high-quality tobacco; regularly wash all parts of your hookah; It is not necessary to combine smoking hookah with the use of alcoholic beverages, it is better to give preference to natural lemonades or tea; Do not smoke a hookah in a company of people unfamiliar to you, using a common mouthpiece.