Shishas

[willhub]

So my flatmates were smoking these the other day, I thought they were a lot safer than cigs, but apparently they're much worse.

Is it true?

 

[Robbo]

Surely that depends what you have in it?

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

AFAIK even the fruit based stuff is equivalent of a fair few normal cigs like.

Sisters boyfriend had one at a BBQ with blueberry herbal stuff.... goddamn tasted really good like

 

[currantloaf]

A typical hour long shisha session involves inhaling 100 to 200 times the volume of smoke inhaled when smoking a cigarette and there is no proof that any adaptation can make waterpipes safer. - Dr Wasim Maziak, Associate Professor at the University of Memphis USA and Director of the Syrian Center of Tobacco Studies

http://www.ash.org.uk/media-room/press-releases/shisha-200-times-worse-than-a-cigarette-say-middle-east-experts

I too thought it was safer as soon as i read reports like this even if you include the slight bias from such sites i havent gone near the stuff!

 

[Skepticx]

No nicotine. Its just a nice thing to do with your mates, sit round have a beer and some strange fruity tasting shisha Its bad for you but so its living.

 

[Robbo]

Sounds like a pretty pointless 'hobby' to me.

 

[willhub]

No one said it was a hobby.

 

[arknor]

Sounds like a pretty pointless 'hobby' to me.

so does overclocking¬!

 

[asim18]

No nicotine. Its just a nice thing to do with your mates, sit round have a beer and some strange fruity tasting shisha Its bad for you but so its living.

Yeah. We gather up and do it about twice a month. Our favourite bars have a really nice atmosphere. It's great to order a couple shishas, relax and chat for an hour while puffing away.

 

[Skepticx]

No one said it was a hobby.

So is pretty much every hobby. Also it can hardly be counted as a hobby.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

So my flatmates were smoking these the other day, I thought they were a lot safer than cigs, but apparently they're much worse.

Is it true?

look at the amount of smoke comes out of your mouth after being in your lungs.

what do you think?

 

[Psycho Sonny]

No nicotine. Its just a nice thing to do with your mates, sit round have a beer and some strange fruity tasting shisha Its bad for you but so its living.

lol

have you heard of poker? etc

thats a bit like saying you should do cocaine and ecstasy because its a nice thing to do with your mates.

 

[Skepticx]

lol

have you heard of poker? etc

thats a bit like saying you should do cocaine and ecstasy because its a nice thing to do with your mates.

Well Cocaine and Ecstasy are some what worse than inhaling some smoke.

If people want to relax by doing shisha thats what they want to do.

Shisha is not addictive, you wont be smoking it 40 times a day to stay calm.

Most of the time shisha is something you will do a few times, 10 max then the novelty wears off.

 

[Robbo]

so does overclocking¬!

It's not bad for you though... is it?

 

[Hastarius]

Is it just the taste people go for?

Seen these around plenty of times but never really thought much of it. Weed at least makes you feel mellow or Nicotine relieves that stress a bit. What on earth does this Shisha business do for you?

 

[sigma]

Well Cocaine and Ecstasy are some what worse than inhaling some smoke.

Not sure about cocaine but pure ecstasy (mdma) is much, much safer than inhaling smoke.