Hookah is a device for smoking flavored tobacco, with roots dating back to the 15th century in India, and is often perceived as less harmful than cigarettes despite similar health risks. Hookah smokers can absorb more toxic substances due to the length of sessions, leading to potential addiction on par with cigarette smoking. The popularity of hookah is fueled by social experiences and a variety of flavors, but it brings significant health risks including respiratory problems and increased cancer risk.

1. By;
Bushra qadir

2. What is hookah
• Definition
• Brief history
• Cigarette smoking and hookah

3. Definition
• hookah is single-or multi-stemmedinstrumentfor vaporizing
and smokingflavored tobacco. Duringthe session, thevapor
or smoke is passed througha water basin oftenglass-based
before inhalation.

4. • The device works by burning charcoal
thatwill thenburn a tobacco mixture, as
wellas heatup the water. The smoke
the charcoal generates helps move the
tobacco through thewater and hose and
up to themouthpiece.

5. • Hookah is also known as narghile,argileh, shisha, hubble-
bubble, shisha and goza

6. Brief history
• Hookah, in the form it exists today, was invented around the
15th century in India.It all started whenthe Indianglass
manufacturingbusinessstarted to bloom .Theculture and the
mystique behind thisdevice soon spread to Iran where people
started using hookahs to smokeAjami, a flavorless but strong
type of tobacco.

7. Cigarette smoking and hookah
• While many hookah smokers may thinkthis practice is less
harmfulthansmoking cigarettes, hookahsmoking has many
of the samehealthrisks as cigarette smoking.

8. • Water pipe smokingdelivers nicotine—thesame highly
addictive drug found in other tobacco products.
• Because of theway a hookahis used, smokers may absorb
more of thetoxic substances also foundin cigarette smoke
thancigarettesmokers do.

9. Hookah addiction
• Hookah addiction.
• Harmfulchemicals in it.
• Why it is used by so many people.
• Statisticsof hookahand hookah addiction.

10. Hookah addiction
• A common misconception about hookah is thatit is
not addictive , or at least not as addictive as cigarettes. Many
hookah blends are lower innicotine thancigarettes, but
studies have found thatusers may be gettingjust as much
nicotineas cigarette smokers.

11. • Thisis because hookahsmokers are exposedto more
smoke. They tend to sit around the water pipe for
longer than 30 minutesat a time, and sometimes for
several hours. A dailyhookah sessionof an average
length equates to smoking 10 cigarettes a day, enough
to get hooked.

12. • Some experts also believe that hookah addiction is more
complex thansimply gettinghooked on nicotine.The mix of
chemicals in hookah tobacco blends can lead to more
complicated addictive behaviors. The social and relaxing
atmosphere around the hookahsmoking section can also add
a psychological elementto the addiction.

13. Hookah smoke contains many harmful
chemicals like
• Carbon monoxide
• Tar
• Arsenic
• Chromium
• Cobalt
• Cadmium
• Nickel
• Formaldehyde
• Acetaldehyde
• Acrolein
• Lead
• Polonium 210, a radioactive isotope

14. Why so many people are using it now days
• Hookah smokers enjoy the large amount of smoke that they blow out
and it beats the smoke blown out of cigarettes any day. Some people
really like that.
• Especiallydue to
Videos of hookah in
Social media likethese.

15. • Variety of flavours. People have a variety of flavours to choose from
when it comes to a hookah. You can choose from flavours likeapple,
litchi,guava etc. which are not easilyavailablewhen it comes to
cigarettes

16. • Also I think people like the idea of sittingaround and blowing
smoke.cigarettes can fillthevoid but withhookah, it is sort of
a differentexperience.
•

17. Facts and Number
• Aboutthird ofmaleadultglobal populationsmokes.
• Every eightseconds someonediedfrom tobaccouse.
• About10 millioncigarettesare soldevery minute
• Amongyoung teens(13 to15)about one in five smokesworld
wide
• About10 timesmore British peoplehave died smokingthan War II

18. Conclusion
• Hookah is becoming a need rather thanjust a trend between
teenagers
• Parentsare trying many tools to prevent their kids from
smoking but they are not gettingmuchhelp from Hookah
bars
• There are no clear rules about thissubject thatis why we face
this problem.

19. Diagram of howmany people used hookah orin
life

20. Percentageof U.S. adults that used hookahin 2017,
by age
0.70% 0.60%
1.20%
2.50%
0.00%
0.50%
1.00%
1.50%
2.00%
2.50%
3.00%
65 and older 45 to 64 25 to 44 18 to 24
Series 1

21. Percentageof U.S. adults that used hookah in 2017,
by gender
0.40%
1.80%
0.00%
0.20%
0.40%
0.60%
0.80%
1.00%
1.20%
1.40%
1.60%
1.80%
2.00%
female male
2

22. The health risks of hookah smoking
• Complications of lungfunction,such as chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bronchitis.

23. The health risks of hookah smoking
• Increased risk of heartconditions, such as heart disease
and heart attack

24. The health risks of hookah smoking
• Increased risk of cancer, especiallylung, throat, and
mouthcancer

25. The health risks of hookah smoking
• Increased risk of infectiousdiseases, such as mononucleosis
and oral herpes.

26. Ways to quit smoking hookah
There are many ways thatcan help you to quit smoking
hookah , from therapy sessions,with help and support
from family,using drugs andpatches to help youget rid
of it, tousing appsthat helpsyouto get rid of the smoking
.

27. Deciding to Quit Hookah Smoking
• Make a list of reasons you’re quitting.
• Decide how to quit
• Choose a quit day
• Refrain from going to hookah bars

28. Drugs that help you quit smoking
• Nicotine replacementtherapy (NRT)
– Nicotine gum
– Nicotine patches
– Microtabs
– Nicotine lozenges
– Nicotine nasalspray
– Nicotine inhalator

29. Drugs that help you quit smoking
• Non-nicotine treatments
– Bupropion (Zyban)
– Varenicline (Champix)

30. References
• The historyandmeaning ofhookah(www. rakijalounge.com)
• WhatIS HOOKAH(www. hekkpipe.com)
• HookahSmokingComparedWithCigaretteSmoking(www.cdc.gov)
• HookahandAddiction (www.recoveryranch.com)
• www.verywellmind.com HookahSmokingandIts Risks
• Whydopeoplesmokehookah?www.quora.com
• www.statista.com
• www.medicalnewstoday.com
• Whatarethehealthrisksof hookahsmoking? www.wikihow.com
• Deciding to QuitHookahSmoking/www.einstein.yu.edu