Tag: shisha

Heavy Smoking and Stroke: New Study Links Unexplained Strokes in Younger Adults to Tobacco Use

The dangers of smoking aren’t new—but emerging research is now pointing to a shocking link between heavy smoking and unexplained strokes in younger adults, especially men aged 45 to 49.

Hightech shisha pipe developed in the UAE – meet Ooka

In the world of pods and convenience, a company has developed a new kind of shisha, one that uses pre-loaded fruit tobacco and no charcoal is needed. Each pod delivers one session that can last up to 70 minutes depending on the intensity of the session.

Queer women smoke more, quit less

People who identify as lesbian, gay and bisexual – particularly women – respond more positively to tobacco marketing, are more inclined to smoke cigarettes daily and may have a more difficult time quitting.

Keep your kids away from third-hand smoke

In a new study, published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, researchers tested the surfaces in smoking households where children reside and found troubling results, says Ashley Merianos, a tobacco researcher at the University of Cincinnati who led the study. 

Breaking the Habit: Healthier Alternatives to Smoking

Smoking can look cool or chic and in the Middle East smoking tastes like fruit in the form of shisha, which can be just as bad as regular cigarettes

Are water bongs healthier than smoking?

The water bong is easily associated with a stereotype of "lazy pothead" but it's actually an important low-tech tool for administering cannabis as medicine to the elderly. It's clean, simple and easy to dose quickly and precisely, unlike ingesting which has slow release and sometimes overly powerful effects.

Organic nicotine and grow your own tobacco makes a comeback

Shisha pipe is a massive addiction in the Middle East. Some believe it's not dangerous because you are smoking plants. 

Hypnotherapy Can Help You Quit Smoking and Put A Spring In Your Step

One of the conundrums confronting the quit smoking movement is the knowledge most smokers want to kick their habit but struggle with the cravings.

What are the UK’s Most Popular Quit Smoking Campaigns?

Shisha pipe is a massive addiction in the Middle East. What can we learn from the UK about quitting bad habits?

Middle Eastern vices

Middle Eastern vices are not the same that you find in America or Europe. In the Middle East it's about hashish. Americans and Canadians love cannabis now, and everywhere in Canada, and in more than half of the US States, you will have no problem with this vice. It is even being given out as medicine to help epilepsy, anxiety, pain from cancer. 

If you are pregnant and smoking still, like WTF?

Sexy or not, even hooka (or shisha) pipes carry second hand smoke dangers. If you are having a baby, just quit please! You are at risk for gestational diabetes of you smoke ANYTHING while pregnant.

Shiazo’s Burn and Stink-free Hookah Hits the Streets

There's a new hookah on the street and she leaves without a trace... on your lungs. Shiazo Steam Stone Shisha...