Misconceptions about smoking shisha and electronic cigarettes

The composition of shisha smoke is similar to cigarette smoke. Photo: Internet source

In fact, the composition of shisha smoke is similar to that of tobacco smoke.cigaretteincluding: carcinogens, nicotine, tar and CO gas. The absorption of some toxic substances when smoking tobacco through water is higher than smoking cigarettes. Reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Cancer Society show that smoking shisha for 1 hour, the amount of smoke inhaled into the body is equivalent to smoking 100 cigarettes, equivalent to about 0.15 - 1 liter of smoke.

With different forms of smoking, although they have different levels of harm, it must be affirmed that, any formsmokeAll are harmful to the body and will cause diseases caused by cigarette smoke such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction...

For example,smokeSmoking tobacco with a filter or smoking a bowl-shaped pipe or a water pipe is generally less toxic than smoking a pipe or smoking tobacco without a filter. However, if the water is not changed regularly, the role of filtering toxins in the bowl-shaped pipe or the water pipe will no longer be there...

In addition to the amount of toxins entering the lungs, people who smoke tobacco using a bowl, a water pipe or a pipe often have to inhale the smoke more deeply, causing more lung expansion, which can easily cause emphysema and therefore have a high risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Smoking tobacco through water (pipe tobacco) can lead to cancer (lung, mouth, pharynx, esophagus ...), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, low birth weight, cardiovascular disease and addiction. Cigar smokers are at risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease if they smoke more than 3 cigarettes/day, the risk increases if they inhale the smoke deeply.

For those who smoke rolled cigarettes will inhale hot smoke, long and deep so the bronchi and alveoli will be strongly stimulated, on the other hand these smokers are at risk of getting cancer in the mouth and throat area.

Many people still mistakenly believe that smoking e-cigarettes will reduce the risk of cancer. Photo: Internet Source

According to some studies, while smoking regular cigarettes, when a patient smokes each pack of cigarettes, there is a risk of inhaling 3mg of formaldehyde, while if a person smokes a high-voltage electronic cigarette, he or she will inhale 14.4mg of formaldehyde/day. This is a carcinogen even higher than the carcinogens found in regular cigarettes. Therefore, it can be said that: Compared to smoking regular cigarettes, high-voltage electronic cigarettes cause an even higher risk of cancer./.