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| | Hookah – A pipe with a water filter and a long slender hose. It is also commonly called as narghile. The word Qalyan (huqqa), according to the Pakistan’s dictionary Lourdes, it is Persian origin and never it was designated as a small pot, where oriental women preserved their valuables and fragrances.
Narghile (nargile; Persian, – a coconut shell out of which primarily the narghiles were made) – Smoking instrument, similar to hookah, but having a long handle in place of pipe as a difference.
Quick development of tourism is accompanied by world wide circulation of North African and Asian region born Hookah or in spoken language said as “heating tube”. Under the observation of the Poland tourist companies, every 10th tourist returning from Egypt carries hookah along with other souvenirs (Distinct popularity is for the usage of so called “attach” hookahs).
A special tobacco is used in the hookah (commonly aromatized), but instead of water as coolant, frequently various non alcoholic and alcoholic drinks are used.
Hazards from Smoking Hookah
Tobacco, in any of its type, contains Nicotine, and also other products which are unsafe to the organism. The water filter of the hookah absorbs only a part of the elements which causes harm to the organism.
Staying in a public place for smokers of hookah for duration of prolonged period will be as a passive smoker.
There is a belief that hookah with its pleasant aroma and smooth taste may attract teenagers, cigarette non smokers, hence increasing the percentage of smokers among them. Also frequent and hookah parties of the youth, when hemp is added to the smoking tobacco.
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