What's worse hookah or cigarettes?

Hookah smoking is not safer than cigarette smoking. Also known as a narghile, shisha or goza, a hookah is a water pipe with a smoke chamber, a bowl, a pipe and a hose. Specially made tobacco is heated, and the smoke passes through water and is then drawn through a rubber hose to a mouthpiece. read more

After hearing several people telling me that hookah is "ten times worse than smoking cigarettes," I decided to do some research and find some past articles and studies on hookah and its health risks as compared to smoking cigarettes. read more

Another reason why smoking hookah is worse than smoking cigarettes is, inhaling hookah smoke takes longer than inhaling cigarette smoke. So breathing in a long drag of unfiltered nicotine filled smoke is obviously more hazardous than inhaling cigarette smoke. read more