March 5th 2008 by Tobacco Articles: category shisha in Hookah
Smoke and music do not mix.
Owners of a Schaumburg hookah lounge found that out last week when the Village Board rejected their application for an entertainment license they wanted so they could put on live music one night a week.
Village Trustee George Dunham, who led the opposition to Arabian Nights' license request, said it would be unfair to allow entertainment at hookah lounges and other tobacco shops that are exempt from Schaumburg's year-old smoking ban.
February 28th 2008 by Tobacco Articles: category shisha in Hookah
Smoking from a hookah, or waterpipe, is a new fad among college students, and it is widely perceived to be less harmful and addictive than smoking cigarettes. Yet a number of studies suggest that hookah smoking may be just as addictive and perhaps even more harmful because of the way people smoke while using a waterpipe, reports the March 2008 issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter.
February 27th 2008 by Tobacco Articles: category shisha in Hookah
A new fad among college
students and other young people -- smoking from a hookah -- is raising
public health concerns. The centuries-old tradition of smoking from a
hookah, or waterpipe, is widely perceived to be less harmful and addictive
than smoking cigarettes or other forms of tobacco. Yet a number of studies
suggest that hookah smoking may be just as addictive and perhaps even more
harmful because of the way people smoke while using a waterpipe, reports
the March 2008 issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter.
Researchers have found that hookah smokers inhale more often and for
longer periods than typical cigarette smokers. Scientists estimate that by
puffing longer and in greater volume, a waterpipe smoker inhales the
equivalent of 100 cigarettes or more during a single waterpipe session.
Proponents of hookah smoking argue that it isn't necessary to inhale
the smoke into the lungs. Instead they puff as if on a pipe -- and believe
this reduces the health hazards. However, studies indicate that hookah
smokers are absorbing high levels of toxins and carcinogens that may
contribute to heart disease, lung cancer, and respiratory disease. And
although some nicotine is filtered through the water contained at the base
of the pipe, scientists conclude that waterpipe smokers are still exposed
to enough nicotine to become addicted.
February 25th 2008 by Tobacco Articles: category shisha in Hookah
Iran has allowed water pipes to reappear in tea houses, whose owners complained a recent ban on health grounds was putting them out of business, press reports said on Tuesday.
"Tea houses with a business permit can offer water pipes to their costumers," the interior ministry said in directive to police published in the Tehran Emrouz newspaper.
However it said that only plain tobacco would be allowed in water pipes and popular fruit flavours like strawberry and apple would remain banned due to "health risks".
