Saturday, 9 March 2019

Hookah smokers are inhaling toxic chemicals that may harm the heart - Science Nutshell

Hookah smokers are inhaling toxic chemicals that may harm the heart - Science Nutshell

Smoking tobacco in waterpipes, more commonly known as hookahs, results in inhaling toxic chemicals, often at levels exceeding cigarette smoke, that may harm the heart and blood vessels, according to a new scientific statement published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation. Waterpipes go by many names – hookah, narghile, argileh, shisha and goza – and usually consist of a head or bowl that holds tobacco, a body, water base and hose that ends with a mouthpiece.

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