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Originally Posted by Sho Nuff
Smoking hookah is MUCH worse for you than cigarettes. Ive heard that each head is equivalent to smoking 15 - 20 cigarettes. I havent heard anything about health benefits.
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The actual amount of tobacco inhaled may be close to 15 cigs, but there are no (usually) fillers in shisha, there is little or no tar and you are not smoking burned paper (carbon smoke). If you use good coal, they should not allow carbon into your drag either. Each of those are the worst parts of cigarettes. Not saying it's GOOD for you, per se, but I'd bet the overall negative effects to your lungs, especially regarding carcinogens, are fewer with hookah.
This is just my opinion, however, and should NOT be taken as fact.