Hello,

Please note that there is a huge anti-tobacco lobby at work spreading erroneous scaring messages about hookah smoking.
WHO and other organisations have their own objectives- it would be naieve to believe that their studies are reliable and scientific. When searching for information on a subject, always search for the motive of the researcher or the research institute. It ought to be purely scientific.
The study which proved hookah smoking to be more dangerous than tobacco smoking is based on a MACHINE inhaling and smoking a hookah in a way that is VERY different from real-life hookah-smoking. For more TRULY scientific information, please read following comments on a study on "hookah smoking and cancer"(hookah, shisha, ... are different types of pipe smoking, while "waterpipe" is a word which has no clear reference):http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/5/1/19/comments
Please be open enough to try and investigate further into this to find out which manipulative games are going on worldwide.
Maybe you already have dug deeper, since I only stumbled upon your article just now. Anyway, good luck separating reality from manipulation. may truth prevail!

Diego Van De Keere

The fact that this hookah is a type of tobacco clearly implies it is not good for you. I support any ban against the use of this drug. I hope one day these hookah bars are closed down and students discover that they don't need drugs to have a good time or too socialize with people.

why do hookah when you can do ganga? it doesn't make sense. leave hookah to jabba da hut.