Just curious if anyone else on the boards smokes hookah?

 

Would it be a fair assumption that you were smokin' a Hookah when you started this thread ??
Hey dude pass the Hookah man.

 

I've been to Fumari in the Gaslamp/San Diego.

It's the only smoking I've ever done in my life and the intense nicotine buzz makes it a socially pleasurable experience. I wouldn't want to do it long term though!

 

I actually wasnt..

but hookah is just tobacco in case your implying something... imagine a cigarette that was much better for you, tasted good, and the smoke was cold not hot..

thats hookah

 

Not to pick at you, I just don't get it? Why would you want to inhale smoke into your lungs? Tobacco makes no sense. It burns and hurts. Smoking reduces your ability to do demanding things, as in you lose function in the lung. I am not promoting smoking other things. That said it could be considered an exchange, health for a temporary effect on the day. A whole other issue is the smell. My daughter is running with a crowd doing this, she smells like an ash tray, everything she owns stinks of ash tray, when they walk into the house the rooms they are in stink. Sorry to pick, you likely know my answer, no I don't smoke hookah.

 

Rapp,

Hookah is somewhat different than smoking cigarettes. The group I did it with was with a couple of business guys from USC/ISI during a supercomputing conference. Most of the people I saw in the hookah lounge were well-to-do looking folks, mostly young socal hipsters rolling on the dot-com gravy train.

It sounds like you are really concerned about your daughter's smoking, however, which is an altogether different issue. It also sounds like you are concerned about the social group that your daughter is associating with and that is a HUGE issue. Whether we like it or not teenagers have a strong desire to look for guidance outside of the home. I hope that someone that your daughter respects and listens to can encourage her to be a leader and not a follower!!

 

no hard feelings, some people just arent into it.

however, I will tell you if youre concerned for the health of your daughter, if she comes home smelling like ash they are most definatley NOT smoknig hookah.. hookah does not leave a smell like that. it sells like fruit (depending on the flavor), and the smell does NOT stay on your clothes as does cigarettes and cigars..

just a warning you may want to look into that

 

hooka smoke nah, pack in the cush! then I go sleepy

 

The human body is not designed to "smoke"...

 

Personally I prefer a bubbler or the 2 ft long piece pipe. I like to drive around with it sticking out my window. Cops love it...

 

ok seriously... I asked if anyone else enjoyed hookah. so if you dont then you have no need to reply to this thread.

i did not post asking for people thoughts on whether or not smoking is bad for you. obviously its bad for you, im not an idiot. But I've chosen to do it anyways and thats my choice. leave it be.

 

I'm not familiar with this hookah thing.
I do enjoy the occasional cigar though.

 

but isn't that the definition of an idiot?
Doing something that you know is bad for you, and choosing to do it anyways? maybe that's the def. of moron, i don't know, see this is what happens to you when you smoke buds, you overly pontificate everything. sorry .

 

I said I know its bad for you, I'm not an idiot. You may think choosing to do it anyways is an idiotic choice, but what I said was I do know its not the best thing to do and so I don't need peoples comments on its health factor.

And hookah isn't near as bad for you as cigarettes or cigars..

1. Cigarette tobacco contains TAR. TAR is a acronym for the bad chemicals in cigarettes which are harmful. Including, but not limited to Formaldehyde, Hydrogen Cyanide, and Carbon Monoxide. Hookah tobacco contains 0% TAR.
2. Nicotine - Cigarettes contain 10% or more nicotine. Though nicotines is highly addictive, its health effects are minimal. Even so, hookah tobacco contains 0.5% nicotine. Thats 1/20th as much as a cigarette.
3. Surgeons General Warning: A warning that is required by law to be put on all packages of harmful tobacco and alcoholic beverages indicating that consuming the product could be harmful or fatal. Yet, hookah tobacco is not required to have the same warning level because it's contents are made mainly of molasses and honey. Coincidence? I think not.

Those are just a few reasons off the top of my head.. I know anyone who is anti-smoking is just going to disregard this and always assume smoking is bad for you. And granted it is worse than just breathing air, maybe its really not as bad as you are all told it is.

I've had freinds who have smoked cigarettes for 50+ years, no cancer, and freinds that have smoked hookah for 50+ years, no health affects.


There I've entertained the non-smokers, now can we just get repleis for people who will contribute to the subject of this thread... please?

 

So where do you go in Socal?

 

I mostly smoke my own hookah with friends.. But there is a place in San Diego we go a lot (we drive almost 2 hours to get there). It's called Tangier's. The owner is really cool and he makes his on flavors. They are all VERY good, best I've ever had. It's also really cheap to buy a lot. Good stuff.

http://www.tangierstobacco.com/