narghile

also called narguileh, hookah, hookah, bong, shisha or water pipe, is an object that is used for smoking, usually special flavored snuff. It is of Eastern origin but recently is being implemented in European Union countries and America

history

He started smoking hookah in Eastern countries, although it is unclear precisely which. It is believed that it was in India, China or Egypt about 600 years ago. At first, the base was made of coconut, but over the years has evolved and improved resulting in the present, made ​​of glass and gold or silver body of the most lujosas.3 However, it was under British colonization India when the British exported this invention by the West, 4 During the Turkish occupation of the sixteenth century in the Kingdom of Hungary, it was widely used by the Hungarian nobility who had close political contacts with Muslims across the Great Principality of Transylvania. Once in 1699 completed the expulsion of the Turks from the Hungarian territories, the emperor and king of Hungary, Leopold I of Habsburg, ruled the ban on Turkish flute, the narghile and all kinds of item that was associated with Muslims, in order to maintain the Catholic Christian Germanic culture on reino

Parties

Starting from top: Pan: usually made of heat resistant ceramic in the snuff is placed, covered with a sheet of perforated aluminum foil and place on which the coal comprises the snuff. Body: tube that connects the pan snuff with the base, and also houses the hose connector and air valve. Usually made of a stainless metal type. Base: made ​​of glass containing water. Hose suction of smoke.

Snuff

The snuff of hookah, also called molasses is a special type of snuff smoking hookah. This snuff has nothing to do with cigarettes, cigars or rolling bite, because it consists of very fine snuff leaves washed many times and mixed with honey or the like as well as additives to make them have some sabor.

Acceptance by countrien 

Lebanon

In Lebanon, the use of hookah is associated with all kinds of people without distinction, men, women, children and elderly. It is often an object of use at home and that all members sit together talking and smoking hookah, 7 is also very common in friendly gatherings with tea or coffee. According to studies 44.5% of those under 14 years have tried Lebanese narguile

turquia

is widespread use of hookah is an ancient tradition. This tradition was being lost, but early in the decade of 2000, with the appearance of aromatic and flavored snuff, young people became interested in the use of shisha, but has been losing the Original snuff turco.9 Currently, the places where you can enjoy a traditional Turkish water pipe called "hookah bars" which are very few. They offer different types of tea but the most famous apple tea is quite common among tourists. In these places serving drinks alcohólicas

Adverse health effects

A study by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the hookah or shisha is equally or more dangerous than conventional snuff (contrary to popular belief that the snuff used in the hookah is less harmful, the authors of this study show that contains more nicotine, tar and heavy metals compared with conventional cigarettes.), contrasting well with the popular belief that says that this object is harmless. The smaller water pipes or public places are more harmful. Also, if you choose to share a risk of getting herpes simple.11 According to WHO there is no mechanism present in the hookah, which has been shown to reduce the exposure of smokers: a toxins in the snuff, the risk of tobacco-related illnesses or death (as opposed to the idea, that the water present in the water pipe, serves as a filter for impurities) . In another study, the British Department of Health reveals that while smoking hookah, it becomes a high level of carbon monoxide in blood, even more than to inhale a cigarrillo.13 Thomas Eissenberg, an associate professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University who studies hookah use, said that research has suggested that smoking a water pipe for 45 minutes produces 36 times more tar than smoking a cigarette for five minutes. We must also mention that, contrary to popular belief, the hookah smoking is not used for water vapor, carbon heats the snuff, inhaling the smoke passes through the body to the water which is responsible for the more condensed smoke, filter and even flavor if you added any liquor or juice otros.Es impossible for the water pipe to reach a temperature sufficient to evaporate the water from the base (even remotely) therefore, the inhaled smoke is the product of the combustion of snuff contains nicotine but also at a level much lower than the conventional cigarette Hookah bars in the cities The increase in youth fashion has reached a significant increase in the use of hookah in the United States, which may be the result of marketing for hookah cafes. The hookah bars and cafes have increased in cities and towns near large colleges and universities. Smokers take on the idea that hookahs are enjoyed more because of the smell, taste and smoothness that the snuff sweetened offers, and experience less concentrated [apparently] of smoking compared with smoking cigarettes more unpleasant odors afrecen. Experienced smokers sometimes add other liquids such as fruit juice, wine, rum, whiskey and all sorts of liquors to change the flavor of smoke.

Confusion with cigarette smoking

In Spain, the entry into force of the smoking ban last January 2 has also changed the atmosphere of the tea houses, which based much of its business in the hookah or "shisha" which until now customers could smoke while taking a tea 17 Because of the lack of conclusive evidence, some people have tried to show the visible difference of the residual gases caused by a cigarette consumption narguile.17 It should be noted that the snuff used in the pipe, better known as "molasses" is composed of naturally snuff washed sheets cut to which is added honey, glycerol feed (used in industry snuff) and additives give the flavor of the snuff, contains no chemicals or even tar. Addition. to smoke without a paper are also avoided various carcinogens that are formed by the combustion of the paper. Undoubtedly, the most characteristic risk of shisha is coal which produces a significant amount of CO2 (carbon dioxide) to inhale, however, said compound is removed after a few hours through the urine almost in its entirety. With these data might say that although toxic, hookah smoking is less harmful than cigarettes pack which have important and abundant carcinogens. Theories which is more damaging are always confusing because many of the studies that say the hookah is harmful are carried out by tobacco industry to increase profits while decreasing those of companies involved in the hookah . Another big problem is the insistence of tobacco industry in the large amount of tar consumed during consumption of the hookah, the hookah snuff NOT contain tar and nicotine is much less than the snuff consideablemente of conventional packet

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