Hookah!!

I love smoking but havent in about three months now (GO ME!!)
Been thinking about it alot though. Wondering if anyone else has smoked or does smoke hookah...
I know this is random.. Just cant sleep and was bored lol


(Btw.. I know it is bad and isnt helping with weightloss... Which is the main reason I dont smoke much anymore)

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  • gerard54
    gerard54 Posts: 1,107 Member
    I have my old set up in a box somewhere. Its kinda fun to have around when you're drinking in your place. Plus makes the room smell like fruit...
  • allikat93
    allikat93 Posts: 236
    Drinking and hookah definately go hand in hand lol.
  • SerenaFisher
    SerenaFisher Posts: 2,170 Member
    I came here looking for dancing girls :drinker:
  • SLLeask
    SLLeask Posts: 489 Member
    I used to live in Dubai where it is very popular (but called shisha). I used to love the smell of it, but the health hazards put me right off. Much worse than cigarettes (not that I've ever smoked either...). Also, I heard that the poor guys that set the stuff up were always ill (mind you that was in a shisha cafe where the units were shared so everyone's shared germs were swishing around the thing :noway: ) and that the rates of cancer were very high. No thanks, I don't fancy throat cancer, seen someone (heavy smoker) suffer and die from that and that is NOT the way I want to go for the sake of a few fruit-flavoured puffs of smoke!. Just my humble thoughts... :flowerforyou:
  • allikat93
    allikat93 Posts: 236
    I used to live in Dubai where it is very popular (but called shisha). I used to love the smell of it, but the health hazards put me right off. Much worse than cigarettes (not that I've ever smoked either...). Also, I heard that the poor guys that set the stuff up were always ill (mind you that was in a shisha cafe where the units were shared so everyone's shared germs were swishing around the thing :noway: ) and that the rates of cancer were very high. No thanks, I don't fancy throat cancer, seen someone (heavy smoker) suffer and die from that and that is NOT the way I want to go for the sake of a few fruit-flavoured puffs of smoke!. Just my humble thoughts... :flowerforyou:

    You're right. I just wanna point out that a hookah is the pipe you smoke shisha out of :)
    Also.. What makes cigarettes so bad is all the added chemicals and the burning of the tabacco. Shisha is just tobacco leave and honey and/or glycerin and natural flavorings that gets heated up. The moisture evaporates and that is what you smoke.. Vapor. Unless you dont know how to set up a bowl and then you do end up burning it. Im not saying its 100% good for you.. It isnt.. But it is much different from cigarettes. (You do get about 500x the nicotine if you use unwashed shisha.. But washed shisha is only 50x.
  • allikat93
    allikat93 Posts: 236
    Damn phone wont let me add to that last post. Just wanted to say that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I thank you for your honesty :
  • lean3mean
    lean3mean Posts: 10 Member
    Smoking hookah is one of my favorite things to do when it's pretty outside. When I first heard about it I was completely disgusted by the idea, but once I actually tried it I loved it.
  • allikat93
    allikat93 Posts: 236
    Smoking hookah is one of my favorite things to do when it's pretty outside. When I first heard about it I was completely disgusted by the idea, but once I actually tried it I loved it.
    Sounds just like me lol.
    I was soo skeptical but when my bf set it up and I took a hit I was hooked. Even my cat smokes it if I leave the mouthpiece within reach (which is just about everywhere damn cats lol)
  • allikat93
    allikat93 Posts: 236
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    This is my little butt Smokey (Purrr-fect name right lol)
  • lean3mean
    lean3mean Posts: 10 Member
    That's adorable! I first heard about it from one of my old boyfriends, but I never really got into it until an Arabic student at my school offered to smoke with me in exchange for English lessons. After the first week I was hooked.
  • allikat93
    allikat93 Posts: 236
    After I got hooked... I smoked 2-3 30-60 minute sessions a DAY!! If was rediculous. I'm now down to once every 2-3 months. Moneys tight and my kitty has asthma (The photo was taken before I found out.. I dont smoke with him in the house anymore)
    I also realized after having an asthma attack while bike riding that my lungs were in poor shape. So.. I smoke socially every once in a while and it tides me over. Thank god I'm not addicted to nicotine or I'd be in trouble.
  • lean3mean
    lean3mean Posts: 10 Member
    I feel ya. I need to quit my cigarette smoking before it destroys my lungs.
  • allikat93
    allikat93 Posts: 236
    There are definately some days that I wanna go buy a pack of cigs (which is weird since I habe NEVER smoked them)
    I recently found E-Hookahs.. Which are shisha flavored e-cigs. They are awesome for a quick calm down. Stress is eating me alive lately.. Guess that is why I have hookah on the brain :)
  • lean3mean
    lean3mean Posts: 10 Member
    I've had those before, but it waste of money for me. The guy that sold it to me said he takes a couple puffs every couple hours and it lasted him 2 weeks. I took a couple puffs every few hours and it lasted me less than a day.
  • allikat93
    allikat93 Posts: 236
    You must have got a dud. My bf and I got one and smoked off it together for 3 weeks.( Little bit every day)
    It would have lasted longer but we shared it with a friend and smoked it for 30 minutes straight. What brand did you try?
  • lean3mean
    lean3mean Posts: 10 Member
    I don't remember. It was a green tube with big bubbly red letters lol.
  • allikat93
    allikat93 Posts: 236
    Humm... Sounds kinda like a starbuzz. I had an imperial brand one. Mocha latte. It was amazing. The starbuzz one I have right now typically stays in the car for the bf cause I hate it. We got mint and it burns my throat really bad. Im more of a mild mint girl. Lol.