A typical 60 minute hookah session is the same as smoking 100 cigarettes.
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"Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: Health Effects, Research Needs and Recommended Actions by Regulators. WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation (TobReg)." World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland. 16 Sept. 2005.
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In 1989, millions of cases of imported fruit were banned after a small amount of cyanide was found in just two grapes. There's 33 times more cyanide in a single cigarette than was found in both of those grapes.
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"Economic Policy: Interest Rates Are Kept High." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 16 Feb. 1989. Report.
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In the U.S. in 2012, 73.9% of people with at least a college degree who had ever smoked reported that they had successfully quit.
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"The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. Smoking-Attributable Morbidity, Mortality, and Economic Costs, 2014. Report.
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Of current smokers in the U.S., 358,000 have a cancer other than lung cancer from smoking.
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Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000. CDC. 04 Sept. 2003; 52(35) 842-844. Table.
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One tree is killed for just 15 packs of Cigarettes.
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"Billions of trees. Millions of cigarette butts. One dangerous product." California Department of Public Health. 2015. Web.
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About 90% of lung cancer deaths among women who continue to smoke are tobacco related.
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"Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General." CDC. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2001. 13. Report.
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In 2010, 52.4% of U.S. smokers quit for at least a day.
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"Quitting Smoking Among Adults --- United States, 2001--2010." CDC. 11 Nov. 2011. 60(44): 1513-1519. Web.
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1,893 U.S. smokers died in 2008 from smoking-related atherosclerosis.
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"Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Productivity Losses-- United States, 2000-2004." CDC. 14 Nov. 57(45). 2008: 1226-8. Table.
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Each year, nearly 6 million people around the world die from tobacco products.
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"Tobacco Fact sheet N°339." World Health Organization. 06 July 2015. Web.
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Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,154,000 have a cancer other than lung cancer from smoking.
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"Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. 05 Sept. 2003: 52(35) 842-844. Web.
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Every day, about 2,100 youth and young adults become daily smokers.
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"The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014. Report.
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Sucking on a shared hookah mouthpiece can help spread herpes. Gives new meaning to the term "pass it around" huh?
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"Hookahs." CDC. 14 Sept. 2015. Web.
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About 20% of African American youth are exposed to secondhand smoke in the home.
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American Legacy Foundation. Secondhand Smoke--Youth Exposure and Adult Attitudes--Results from Three National Surveys. Supplemental Tables. Table S-5. Prevalence of Secondhand Smoke Exposure (Ages 12-17) -1999-2003 LMTS.
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