Smoking hookah is possibly more dangerous than smoking cigarettes, and the World Health Organization says that in one smoking session, the average hookah smoker can inhale the equivalent of roughly 100 cigarettes.
Shisha or hookah smoking is unhealthy because it increases the chances of suffering from cancer especially mouth, throat, lung or lips cancer.
Hookah smoke contains high levels of toxic compounds, including tar, carbon monoxide, heavy metals and cancer-causing chemicals.
A typical 1-hour-long hookah smoking session involves 200 puffs, while an average cigarette is 20 puffs.
Hookahs and hookah tobacco should include strong health warnings.
Just one evening of hookah smoking could make nicotine urine levels spike by more than 70 times, and also result in the increase of cancer-causing agents.
A 45 minutes of hookah smoking is equivalent to 45 cigarettes!
