Studie: More Americans Getting Hooked on Hookahs

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    More Americans Getting Hooked on Hookahs


    Sat Dec 4, 5:01 PM ET Health - HealthDay


    By E.J. Mundell
    HealthDay Reporter


    SATURDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDayNews) -- The practice of smoking tobacco through elaborate water pipes called hookahs emerged centuries ago, in the palaces and harems of the Middle East. But experts say hookahs are now almost as popular in Denver as they are in Damascus, with the current fad for water-pipe use growing among U.S. college students.


    Many young Americans may be attracted to hookahs because they believe smoke that passes through water is somehow filtered and safer, experts add.



    Unfortunately, that's just not true.



    "The data we have clearly shows that carbon monoxide is present in large amounts in smoke from water pipes, as is nicotine and the compounds we call 'tar,' " said Thomas Eissenberg, a researcher at the Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University.



    "In fact, carcinogen exposure in hookah smoke is equal to, or more than, that found in cigarettes," said Eissenberg, who has published research on the health dangers of the hookah fad in numerous medical journals.



    The hookah, also called nargile, is comprised of four parts -- the head, where burning charcoal heats a bed of tobacco; the body, through which inhaled smoke is drawn into the third section, a water-filled bowl at the hookah's base, and the hose, a flexible pipe through which the user inhales the smoke after it has bubbled through the water.



    "What you get, then, is smoke that has been cooled by the water," Eissenberg said. Hookah use is, by its nature, a very social act, with groups of users often sharing the same pipe.



    "Water pipes have been around for centuries, but it looks like they are making a real comeback," Eissenberg said. "They're making a new appearance in the U.S., but they're also coming back in the Middle East. They've also shown up in Germany and Brazil, and in Thailand -- where they were recently outlawed."



    The exact number of water-pipe users in America remains unknown, he said, but new users typically discover hookahs in local Middle Eastern restaurants or bars, where they can be rented for short-term use.



    "Then later they might say, 'Hey, this would be cool for me to have in my dorm,' and go to the Internet and buy one. They aren't expensive," Eissenberg said.



    While traditional Middle Eastern hookah users tended to favor harsher, dryer tobacco, American users prefer maassel -- sweetened tobacco with tempting flavors like apple, watermelon, and licorice.



    "The upsurge in use of water pipes, here and in the Middle East, is highly correlated with the mass-production of these sweetened and flavored tobaccos," Eissenberg said.



    He stressed that the U.S. hookah fad isn't restricted to fringe populations in cities such as New York or San Francisco. "Washington state, Louisiana, Tennessee, here in Virginia -- it's popping up everywhere," he said.



    While cigarette use has largely fallen out of favor with the college crowd, the exotic allure of hookahs -- and the misperception that hookah smoke is filtered and safer -- may be driving the trend.



    "We really need to counter this idea that, just because there's water present, the smoke is safe," Eissenberg said. "We really need to get that across to people."



    Legal restrictions might be in order, too, he said. "I suspect that we need to discourage the renting of water pipes, especially to underage individuals. They should be controlled in the same way that cigarettes are controlled."



    The real danger, according to Eissenberg, is that hookahs may be getting many young, new users hooked on nicotine.





    "Water pipes aren't convenient to use," Eissenberg pointed out. "So if somebody begins to find a water pipe and tobacco pleasurable, but they don't have a lot of time, what are they going to do? They're going to pick up cigarettes. So hookahs are, unfortunately, a potential gateway to smoking for young adults, and we certainly don't need a new gateway to tobacco use."


    Dr. Norman H. Edelman, director of scientific affairs for the American Lung Association, said hookah users are taking a big chance if they think water pipes are safe.


    "I've seen no data to support that. They're really rolling the dice when it comes to their health," he said.


    Even if hookah smoke was somehow filtered, it probably wouldn't make any difference in terms of the actual amount of carcinogens inhaled per puff, Edelman said.


    "We saw something similar with filtered cigarettes. Smoking is really all about getting nicotine into the system. So, with filtered cigarettes, people just dragged harder and longer on the cigarette to get the same amount of nicotine," he said.


    Eissenberg agreed, adding that the time is now to nip the hookah craze in the bud.


    "We don't want to get caught by surprise," he said. "I think we need to be vigilant when it comes to any new tobacco use method that comes into vogue."


    Quelle: http://story.news.yahoo.com/ne…ansgettinghookedonhookahs


    groetjes,
    tobbsman

  • für mich is da nix neues drinnen, aber was ich komisch find is, dass die sagen das man durch shisha auch mit zigaretten anfängt.


    wenn man mal wenig zeit hat würde man mal ne zigarette zwischendurch rauchen. ich glaub nicht das es so stimmt. ich kenn keinen raucher der durch ne shisha zigaretten rauchen angefangen hat. :?::!:

    Good Night White Pride

  • Naja der Artikel beleuchtet halt eher warum man raucht. Über Schädlichkeit wird nichts gesagt aber ich denk das is auch ned im Sinn und Zweck des Verfassers. Es geht ja eigentlich nur darum das mehr und mehr Leute Wasserpfeife rauchen.


    Den Part mit den Zigaretten blick ich auch nicht. Naja :thinking:

  • Käme nie auf die Idee auf Kippen umzusteigen nur weils "more conveniant" sein sollte. BLÖDSINN!
    Ach die Amis: Überall wo Qualm rauskommt steht schon einer daneben und will gleich ersticken! :roll:
    Übrigens ist da auch wieder das Mißtrauen zwischen den Zeilen zu lesen, ob denn da nur "legales" Material verdampft wird.
    Den meisten Rauchern gehts nach Umstellung auf Shisha deutlich besser und das habe ich nicht aus einer Studie, sondern von den Leuten selber empirisch bewiesen.
    Achja und wegen des CO: wenn die Kohle ordentlich durchgeglüht ist, hält sichs in Grenzen. Wenn Du müde wirst, ist es eben zu viel gewesen - Fenster mal auf und wieder gut.
    Einen bei den Amis so beliebten offenen Kamin anzuheizen ist mit goßer Sicherheit 100x gesundheitsschädlicher! Naja vielleicht wird ja auch der bald verboten. :shock:


    Ich mach erstmal einen Topf klar: :blubber:

  • ...vlt gehört sie ja zur achse des bösen ^^
    naja, was solls, wir sind ja keine amis,also :blubber:

    You know I try so hard
    But I think you don't see
    Cos' I'm moving so fast
    We call it rock n rollin'

  • Zitat

    Original von Hans Dampf


    Shisha gefunden - Verbindung zu Terrornetzwerk vermutet. :D




    loooool :mrgreen:

    klingt komisch, is aber so!

  • Zur Schädlichkeit: Ich finde, es spielt ja auch noch eine relativ große Rolle, wie man die Kohle auf den Tabak tut. Ob man sie direkt drauf legt, Alufolie oder Sieb nimmt. Ich meine, ich drehe mein Sieb sogar um, damit ich mehr Abstand habe bis zum Tabak... und die erzählen was von Teer!? :roll: Oder atme ich Teer mit ein, wenn der Tabak nicht verbrennt? Dachte immer nein.

  • ich raff das au net, entsteht da jetzt teer oder nicht, oder wieviel, wenn ja???


    ich wuerde auch niemals auf die idee kommen zigaretten zu rauchen. ich hab natuerlich schonmal auf partys nen zug genommen oder so, aber ich find den geschmack einfach ekelhaft, ausserdem sind die viel zu teuer!

  • Zitat

    Original von medium DF


    Mein Boss hat mir gesagt das ne halbe Stunde Shisha rauchen die selbe Teer Wirkung wie 8 Zigaretten hat , stimmt das ?


    Da ich ja jetzt schon lang genug dabei binn mein ich das Stimmt nicht aber ich will ja nicht meinen Bossi verärgern !


    stimmt nicht. eigentlich entsteht doch teer nur beider verbrennung vom tabak aber der shisha tabak verbrennt ja garnicht.

    Good Night White Pride