Some to smoke tobacco, too ... In preparing the topic of "addictions" I have found that:
alternative: water pipe
Since 2001, more and more pubs and cafes on flavored tobacco with a hookah. By water cooling the smoke to be inhaled deeply, the mucosa is less irritated and the accompanying flavors promote consumption. What not many people know: During a session as much nicotine is consumed, as is mentioned in 100 non-filter cigarettes. An additional problem is the lack of hygiene. Water pipes are ideal breeding grounds for dangerous TB bacteria and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (verdigris) which lung inflammation, can cause wound infections and blood poisoning.
Other consequences of smoking: direct lung injury, chronic constriction of the lower respiratory tract, lung hyperinflation, cancer, promoting stress damage, promotion of various cancers throughout the body, stroke, brain, heart attack due to narrowing of the coronary vessels. Especially dangerous is smoking in pregnancy. The unborn child may result in growth retardation, premature birth or miscarriage. After birth, the risk of sudden infant death syndrome.
http://gesundheitsnews.imedo.de/news/109865-nikotin-sucht-und-entwohnung
