I just tried cherry flavoured tabacco out of one of these water pipe things tonight. It was bloody awesome! Maybe not as good as weed but still great fun with mates. I just wanted to know if it's bad for you. Obviously it has to be to a degree coz it's still smoke, but how bad?
They say that it is far better than regular tobacco because, A) it's only 33% tobacco going in (The other 2/3s are honey/molasses and fruit for flavoring), B) the water filters out most of the nicotine and the tar (something like .5% of the smoke is nicotine), and C) It's "traditional". (ever notice how some people think that only stuff invented in this past century can kill you) However, you do smoke it longer and take larger hits than you would with a cigarette, so IDK if it balances out.
They say its bad for the lungs because of the charcoal... I don't think it filters the nicotine though, I get much more ' nicotine effect' smoking shisha...You get like a neverending flow of nicotine and you relax...hmm...
I've never heard of hookahs being bad for you because of the charcoal. Some people dont like using tin foil to hold the charcoal, but you can buy hookah screens that aren't bad like tin foil. My friend had a grandfather that smoked his hookah everyday and lived to be about 93 or something... I think it comes down more to your body and your genetics than what you put in it. Some people can hack butts their whole life and live to a ripe old age, some people get cancer and have never taken a drag in their life. All depends on chance and the chances you take. But that shit is damn delicious... try double apple =D
