Hookah-smoking "epidemic" begun. Part 2

May 23, 2011 OPINION CONTRA

Other researchers state: this type of leisure causes lung cancer, respiratory diseases and parodontosis. Also, ladies that are addicted deliver babies with low weight.

Besides, in recent article from Adolescent Health magazine American researchers explain that hookah and cigarette further to fixation by organism of the same toxins - tars, carbon monoxide and, of course, nicotine, that, as it is known causes build up a tolerance. Furthermore hookah furthers to bigger and longer inhaling as his owner during one session can inhale 100 times more tobacco smoke than average cigarette lover.

Research made on 744 students, however, hasn't shown that someone of them during a year, given to hookah addiction has fallen sick with some horrible disease. However, as it has found out, nicotine dependence appears faster among cool smoke lovers than among other smokers. Among students who have informed last year about the single time of hookah smoking, 43 per cent have already became smokers. Also 20 per cent of students, who have tried cool smoke last month, permanently use hookah.

But during this time appeared data that the largest manufacturers of tobacco products add in their products chemical substances that suppress appetite.

Specialists inform that data has been received from internal documents of the branch in which are included data from 1949 to 1999. It is referred to such companies-giants as Philip Morris and British American Tobacco.

Experts note that chemical additives is only one of several strategies that successfully use tobacco Companies during the last 50 years, what helps to assure people that smoking makes people thinner. In such a way, it is easy to explain why people, having quit smoking start to gain extra kilograms.

Medics encourage authorities to make more rigorous rules concerning additions used in tobacco products. They consider that consumers should know which marketing mixes are used to attract new Buyers and decide whether they are ready for this.