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I am not encouraging anybody by my blog to smoke.
I am just providing information on the topic of hookah.And also I have provided the health effects in one of the first 5 blogs to warn the readers.
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How To Set-up a Hookah?

Here is a link to the video for all the beginners and newbies who think they couldn't get the smoke going good.
How To Set-up a Hookah-Beginners' Guide

The Bad Part!

Now we come to the bad side of Hookah-smoking,
the HEALTH EFFECTS!
All studies of Hookah effects don't match each other.Some say its good while some say its bad.
In my view it depends upon the smoker and the amount of smoking.
Occasional smoking hasn't caused any bad-effects to someone I know.
Although any type of smoking is always in some proportion harmful.
It also depends upon the Set-up of the hookah.There are many major mistakes that newbies make like-Using barbecue coals for hookah which can even cause death.
Here are some studies on the effects of hookah that I found on the net:

Each hookah session typically lasts more than 40 minutes, and consists of 50 to 200 inhalations that each range from 0.15 to 0.50 liters of smoke.^[27][28] In an hour-long smoking session of hookah, users consume about 100 to 200 times the smoke of a single cigarette^[27]; in a 45-minute smoking session a typical smoker would inhale 1.7 times the nicotine ^[29] of a single cigarette. The water used to filter the smoke does not remove all the harmful chemicals.^[29]

A study on hookah smoking and cancer in Pakistan was published in 2008.^[26] Its objective was "to find serum CEA levels in ever/exclusive hookah smokers, i.e. those who smoked only hookah (no cigarettes, bidis, etc.), prepared between 1 and 4 times a day with a quantity of up to 120 g (the average bowl holds 30g) of a tobacco-molasses mixture each (i.e. the tobacco weight equivalent of up to 60 cigarettes of 1 g each) and consumed in 1 to 8 sessions". Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a marker found in several forms of cancer. Levels in exclusive hookah smokers were lower compared to cigarette smokers although the difference was not statistically significant between a hookah smoker and a non-smoker. Also the study concluded that heavy hookah smoking (2–4 daily preparations; 3–8 sessions a day; 2 to 6 hours) substantially raises CEA levels.

One Should take these studies in view before trying on Hookah

How does a Hookah work?

The works like this.... very easy mechanism:

The jar at the bottom of the hookah is filled with water sufficient to submerge a few centimeters of the body tube, which is sealed tightly to it. Deeper water will only increase the inhalation force needed to use it. Tobacco is placed inside the bowl at the top of the hookah and then a foil or charcoal screen with a burning charcoal is placed on top. Some cultures cover the bowl with perforated tin foil or a metal screen to separate the coal and the tobacco, which minimizes inhalation of coal ash with the smoke. This may also reduce the temperature the tobacco is exposed to, in order to prevent burning the tobacco directly.

When one inhales via the hose, air is pulled through the charcoal and into the bowl holding the tobacco. The hot air, heated by the charcoal vaporizes (not burns) the tobacco, thus producing smoke, which is passed down through the body tube that extends into the water in the jar. It bubbles up through the water, losing heat, and fills the top part of the jar, to which the hose is attached. When a smoker inhales from the hose, smoke passes into the lungs, and the change in pressure in the jar pulls more air through the charcoal, continuing the process.

If the hookah has been lit and smoked but has not been inhaled for an extended period, the smoke inside the water jar may be regarded as "stale" and undesirable. Stale smoke may be exhausted through the purge valve, if present. This one-way valve is opened by the positive pressure created from gently blowing into the hose. It will not function on a multiple-hose hookah unless all other hoses are plugged. Sometimes one-way valves are put in the hose sockets to avoid the need to manually plug hoses.

Here is a cross-section diagram of a Hookah:

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What is a Hookah?

This post introduces you to the world of hookah.
So what is a hookah?
A hookah (Hindustani: हुक़्क़ा (Devanagari), حقّہ (Nastaleeq) huqqah)^[1][2] also known as a waterpipe^[3] is a single or multi-stemmed (often glass-based) instrument for smoking in which the smoke is cooled and filtered by passing through water. The fruit smoked is referred to as shisha orsheesha.

                The concept of hookah originated In India,^[20] once the province of the wealthy, it was tremendously popular especially during Mughal rule. The hookah has since become less popular; however, it is once again garnering the attention of the masses, and cafés and restaurants that offer it as a consumable are popular. The use of hookahs from ancient times in India was not only a custom, but a matter of prestige. Rich and landed classes would smoke hookahs.

             Tobacco is smoked in hookahs in regions as per traditional customs. Smoking a tobacco-molasses shisha is now becoming popular amongst the youth. There are several chain clubs, bars and coffee shops in India offering a wider variety of mu‘assels, including non-tobacco versions.

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First Post

Hey
All those hookah-shisha fanatics out there this is my new blog about everything HOOKAH-SHISHA
and this is my first post