Monday, June 13, 2011

Are Hookah Pipes More Dangerous Than Cigarettes? - My Reaction

           On June 1, 2011, The Week magazine published the article "Are Hookah Pipes More Dangerous than Cigarettes" It discussed the controversy surrounding hookah and cigarettes in terms of which one has most harmful effect on the humans body.  I concede that many people are choosing either hookah or cigarettes. Nowadays the hookah is considered the newest phenomena in for teenagers.  The article pointed out several theories about which option is more dangerous. Many theories appeared to show the softer sides of smoking a hookah pipe. One of the theories which I  had listened to and read before  in other articles' discusses the fact of smoking the hookah might be seven more times more dangerous than smoking cigarettes. That is because the water in the hookah pipe dose not filter out the toxic elements which come from the tobacco. So, the hookah's smoker my catch more tobacco than the cigarette's smoker. Another theory says that smoking hookah has roughly the same amount of effect negative on your health as smoking a pack of cigarette. The third theory is that the hookah smoker might be more addicted than cigarettes smoker. For instance, smoking hookah each time for 4-7 hours at a time is more dangerous  than smoke one cigarette for 3-4 minutes. From my prospective I understand  that many people attempt to smoke for factors such as relaxation, enjoyment, and depression . But whatever the reason is, I think people should replace this bad habit with another good. As a substition  for these factors, they may read  a book or listen to music to feel a relaxated or to feel the enjoyable moments. Regarding depresseion, people can try to speak to  a friend about what is bothering them.  Honestly, none of the factors are worth assailing your healthy for.

3 comments:

  1. I agree with you, people should stop smoke because it's just a bad habit, instead they should just find a new habit that doesn't have any harmful thing will be done to them.

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  2. Totally agree with the solutions provided , and how whether hooka is more dangerous than cigarettes or the other way around , that doesn't erase the fact that You are still smoking .. so Get a Knew habit that doesn't harm your lunges .

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  3. Good though. You came up with advice to help smokers and those who want to start. What I have seen is that the lager group involved in using hookah are teenagers, wanting to show a sense of belonging to certain group in the society. unfortunately some of them are unaware of the risks. Once you did some investigation of the topic, my question is. Like other products have label, Are hookahs labeled? The content of nicotine is showed? What about the health risks? Are there clearly described in the label? Maybe we need a regulation.

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