Posted by mbotee | Posted in child health | Posted on 21-02-2010
Developed countries increasingly narrow space for smokers. But nicotine researchers by surprise. Shisha or hookah is very popular as a replacement for cigarettes.
The recent study published in the Journal of Pediatrics states to use up 23 percent of children and young people in North America Shisha at the end of last year. It is always with the investigation before the American Journal of Behavior: associated Shisha already widely used throughout the world.
The researchers had worried that mention these myths Shisha safer than cigarettes thrown packets, the use of cigarettes from the Middle East. “We have a new epidemic in the resistance of tobacco use,” said O’Loughlin, one of the researchers told LiveScience that survey, Monday (5:10).
Unlike cigarettes, shisha, or in America is more popular with the hookah is known, the shape of a vase. filled with water in the soil, burned primarily tobacco. When the smoke of burning tobacco, enjoyed an inhaled through the mouth pipe.
Although the smoke from the hookah is not much different from cigarette smoke packs. Shisha also cause lung cancer. Heart attack and disorders of pregnancy and the fetus. As the negative effects of cigarettes.
This research was conducted in 871 adolescents aged 18-24 years. A total of 201 people admitted with shisha.
