MANY people think that water pipe (hubbly bubbly) smoking is safe because it is ‘filtered through water’.
Using the water pipe to smoke however poses a serious potential health hazard to both smokers and others exposed to the smoke emitted.
Using the water pipe is NOT a safe alternative to cigarette smoking. A typical one hour long water pipe smoking session involves inhaling 100-200 times the volume of smoke inhaled with a single cigarette.
Even after it has been passed through water, the smoke produced by a water pipe contains high levels of toxic compounds, including carbon monoxide, heavy metals and cancer causing elements according to Cansa. It is as dangerous as smoking a cigarette, if not more.
