Saturday, February 23, 2008

Harmful Cigarettes

German Doctors warn - hookah (nargila) has a sweet taste, but can be dangerous cigarettes.

Specialists of the Federal Institute for the evaluation of health hazards in Berlin warned: while smoking hookah organism acquires more harmful substances than in the hardest smoking cigarettes without filter.

According to a widespread delusion, hookah smoking is less dangerous than conventional cigarette smoking. Tightening smoke hookah pleasant and light smoker does not feel it. Moreover, many believe that harmful substances filtered water in a glass receptacle hookah.

In fact, the opposite is happening something - tobacco smoke is cooled with water, but it helps that he comes to the most remote parts of the lungs. Studies have shown that nicotine content in the blood of smoking hookah smokers more than conventional cigarettes or tobacco.

Specialists at the Institute indicate a particular threat seemingly benign and non-smoking hookah for adolescents perceive it as a safe alternative to smoking. Kalyan is becoming fashionable trend in popular youth bars and discos. Doctors stress that this culture through teenagers and young people find ways to such a heavy substance as hashish and ecstasy.

At the same time, among the traditional hookah smokers in Germany - Turkish guest workers, there is a ban on smoking hookah under 18 years of age and it is believed that hookah smoke - like smoke two cigarettes.