The Daily Orange

Up in smoke

Abstract:
James Cosgrave prefers the fruity flavors of apple, mango and strawberry. He doesn't like the weird flavors like coffee or vanilla - they don't feel as smooth when the smoke hit his lungs.

Cosgrave is describing smoking flavored tobacco filtered through water through a device known as a hookah....

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Douglas L. Hom

posted 3/05/08 @ 5:18 AM EST

If anyone thinks that there aren't health risks, they are nuts or ignorant. Smoking of Tobacco is addictive and passing it through water isn't likely to make it less so. This isn't new. We smoked MJ and Hash through hookahs in the 60s. The "relaxing effect" alluded to in the article is likely the nicotinic effect of tobacco. Additives are necessarily more safe than the tobacco, either. Occasional use isn't likely going to pose much of a problem but don't get lulled into a false sense of safety about the practice.

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Michael

posted 5/07/08 @ 9:52 PM EST

i personally find cigar smoking to be just as enjoyable as the hookah experience, and similarly for the non-inhaler, a more reasonable health risk with respect to typical tobacco health concerns.

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