Is Hookah harmful to health if taken occasionally?

In all honesty, Hookah is the WORST. It's amongst the most harmful attacks you can incur on your own lungs. Even if you practice it occasionally, an hour of Hookah is close to 200 puffs! (which is a lot compared to maybe 20 puffs with a cigarette). An equivalent, if drawn, would be about 10 cigarettes an hour! read more

If taken occasionally nothing is harmful for health expect drugs because once you start taking them you will become addicted to them. Now coming to hookah, it is nothing but flavoured tobacoo which you smoke and as we know any kind of smoke will damage our lungs. read more

Palamar, too, likens occasional hookah use to moderate drinking. “No matter what, there’s going to be people who get drunk once in a while,” he says. “If you’re [smoking hookah] occasionally, it’s not as bad as doing it every day. read more