At least 100000 active smokers die every year from To***co use. Its unfortunate that another 100000 die as passive smokers. FACTS ABOUT SHEESHA
Water pipe smokers are at risk of the same kind of diseases as are caused by cigarette smoking, including cancer, heart disease, respiratory disease and
adverse effects during pregnancy.
• Using a water pipe to smoke to***co poses a serious potential he
alth hazard to smokers and others exposed to the smoke.
•Sheesha smoke contains high levels of chemicals and poisons, including carbon monoxide, tar and heavy metals.
• Many of these chemicals are known to cause mouth and lung cancers, heart disease, respiratory and other diseases.
• Even though it has passed through water, the levels of toxins in sheesha smoke can be as high or higher than in cigarette smoke. If water could absorb the toxins then NO HUKA smoker would be coughing in our villages.
• In a sheesha session lasting 60 minutes, a smoker can inhale as much smoke as a cigarette smoker would inhale from 100 – 200 ci******es.
• Second-hand smoke from sheesha is an additional toxic effect on the innocent customers sitting in a café / restaurant.
• Third-hand smoke from sheesha is the toxic effect which the smokers carrie to their homes in the form of Toxic particles attached to their bodies, bringing disease to the family.
