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Health Risks Between The Smoking Of Cigarettes And Hookahs

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The purpose behind this paper is to analyze the major differences and health risks between the smoking of cigarettes and hookahs. There are a plethora of research documents regarding the similarities and differences between the hookah and conventional tobacco products such as cigars or cigarettes. This paper will simply display research regarding each of the previously mentioned smoking mediums, and strive to determine fact from perceived fact. The hookah (water pipe figure 1) originated in ancient Persia/India and became a Turkish symbol of class (wealth) by the 19th century (“Fact Sheet Courtesy of UDOH” n. d. para 2). As time pressed on, the use of the hookah pipe began to spread along with the people that originally used it (“Fact Sheet Courtesy of UDOH” n. d. para 2). Immigration from the Middle East, India, and Pakistan eventually brought the hookah pipe to Europe (“Fact Sheet Courtesy of UDOH” n. d. para 2). With the arrival of the hookah came many cafes, bars and lounges where the water pipe could be smoked along with a beverage or meal (“Fact Sheet Courtesy of UDOH” n. d. para 2). In today’s society, smoking hookah is a popular way to have social gatherings among colligate youth. Traditionally smoked tobacco (Cigarettes, cigars, and pipes) originated in the Americas sometime between 600 and 900 A. D. (Jacobs, 1997). The native people often smoked tobacco for religious purposes, and thus did not do so on a regular basis (Jacobs, 1997). It wasn’t until the

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