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Hookah smoke is just as bad as cigarette smoke. Get the facts.
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Sucking on a shared hookah mouthpiece can help spread herpes. Gives new meaning to the term "pass it around" huh?

"Hookahs." CDC. 14 Sept. 2015. Web.
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A typical 60 minute hookah session is the same as smoking 100 cigarettes.

"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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Those glowing amber charcoals used on hookahs? They release high levels of dangerous toxic agents like carbon monoxide, metals and cancer-causing chemicals.

Cobb, Caroline, et al."Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: An Emerging Health Crisis in the United States." American Journal of Health Behavior. 34(3). May-June 2010: 275–285. Web.
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Hookah smoke has been associated with oral, lung and bladder cancer, not to mention clogged arteries and heart disease.

Cobb, Caroline, et al."Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: An Emerging Health Crisis in the United States." American Journal of Health Behavior. 34(3). May-June 2010: 275–285. Web.
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In an average one-hour hookah session, you inhale 100 to 200 times as much smoke as from a single cigarette.

"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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