Salam and hello beautiful people.
Today's topic is very very interesting to me. Because this had happen a lot in my daily life. I mean by knowing the people around me. Only yesterday I had done my Integrated Pharmacy Learning (IPL) for the title smoking cessation.
But i am not going with that today. I will start to explain the one thing most of us like to smoke.
SHISHA OR HOOKAH
Well, Hookah sounds cool to me *wear shades*
Most of us prefer Hookah when we are like hanging out with out friends. Why not right? It is not like we are smoking cigarette. And plus, none of us will be left out and we only need to pay for one Hookah. All this info That I am about to tell you is from the British Heart Foundation.
Firstly, I think why everybody love to Hookah is because of the sweet tingling feeling when we smoke. There is that flavouring that we all have to choose. Such as apple or strawberry. And that is like an added bonus for a sweet escape.
So now let me tell you about the bad part
1. Binding of the carbon monoxide to our red blood cells
Well, firstly let me explain to you about carbon monoxide chemical properties. Carbon monoxide is a type of toxic gas. So, when i say toxic means that they are pretty dangerous. The reason for it to be dangerous is that carbon monoxide has this properties that will bind to our red blood cell more favorably than our oxygen. And when there is a binding of carbon monoxide, the red blood cell can't carry our oxygen anymore. Thus, less oxygen to be delivered to our body thus our organ can't function optimally due to lack of oxygen.
2. Hookah contain nicotine
Hookah is actually the same as cigarette. Both of them contain the deadly component called nicotine. Nicotine is a substance that can cause addiction. The scientists haven't determine the amount of how much nicotine contain in each puff. But, the more often you smoke Hookah, the higher the chance for you to get nicotine addiction. Some people mistakenly think that smoking Hookah will not cause addiction because of the water used in the pipe can absorb nicotine. But, there still could be enough nicotine content to be exposed to the smoker that can cause addiction. And when you are being posses by this nicotine addiction, it is very hard for you to stop. This is because there will be a withdrawn symptoms that most of us can't stand. The withdrawn symptoms are:
-Restlessness
-Eating more than usual
-Axienty/tension
-Impatience/anger
-Difficult in concentrating
-Excessive hunger
-Depression
-Disorientation
-Fatigue
-Dizziness
-Stomach or bowel problem
-Headaches
-Sweating
-Insomnia
-Heart palpitations(pounding heartbeat)
-Tremors
-Craving Hookah
3. One puff is equal to smoking a whole cigarette
As what the scientists found is that one puff of Hookah is equal to smoking A WHOLE CIGARETTES. Doesn't that scare you? I was shocked about that. And as what they found out, an average Hookah session is about one hour and that is about smoking as from more than 100 cigarettes!
4. There are many related smoking disease to be aware of
These are a few disease that you might get due to smoking no matter Hookah or cigarettes
Effect on Reproductive
-Spontaneous Abortion
-Placenta Previa
-Sudden Infant Death Syndrome(SIDS)
-Erectile Dysfunction
Effect on Cardiovascular Disease
- Coronary Heart Diesease
-Stroke
-Heart Attack
-Ischemia
Atherosclerosis
Respiratory Disease
-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD)
-Laryngitis
-Bronchitis
-Pneumonia
Cancer
-Lung Cancer
-Laryngeal Cancer
-Esophageal Cancer
-Pancreatic Cancer
-Kidney Cancer
-Urinary Bladder Cancer
Peptic Ulcer Disease
THERE IS A LOT RIGHT
And there is actually more!
So guys, please think about your health. For those who knew any of your friends or family or their loved ones who loves to smoke Hookah, share them this knowledge cause you might save a life of a person.
Stay Golden
With love,
ZERA xx
References:
Smoking: Risk, Perception & Policy, 2001, Paul Slovic
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