Hold the Hookah/Sheesha/Argeilah

Researcher Warns Against Trendy Tobacco Use

The growing fad of smoking tobacco through a waterpipe,
sometimes known as a hookah,
is rapidly turning into a worrisome epidemic,
according to a Georgetown University researcher
who says smokers who think this form of tobacco use
is less toxic than cigarettes are wrong.

"People who use these devices don't realize that they
could be inhaling what is believed to be the equivalent
of a pack of cigarettes in one typical 30-60 minute session
with a waterpipe, because such a large quantity of pure,
shredded tobacco is used,"
said Christopher Loffredo, Ph.D.,
Director of the Cancer Genetics and
Epidemiology program at Georgetown University Medical Center.

and I just bought my brother 4 boxes of sheesha tobacco to send to him in china :/