Hookah - Narguilé

Vous avez peut-être déjà entendu parler d’une pipe à eau (également appelée hookah, chicha ou narguilé). Peut-être avez-vous également entendu qu’il s’agit d’une alternative sûre à la cigarette. C’est faux. Les produits à base de hookah sont souvent présentés sans tabac, fabriqué à base de plantes, mais c’est trompeur.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is hookah safe?

Burning tobacco or a herbal hookah product releases chemicals. These chemicals are linked to diseases usually seen when you smoke cigarettes (like cancer, heart disease, and lung disease). They can also cause problems in pregnancy. Studies have found that a hookah user may inhale as much smoke in a 1-hour session as someone who inhaled 47 cigarettes! 

Many people believe that hookah is safer than other tobacco products because of the water in the base of the pipe. This isn’t true—the water doesn’t act as a filter for the tar and the other chemicals.

Burning hookah, including hookah that’s tobacco-free, still releases cancer-causing chemicals. In fact, both the first-hand and second-hand smoke herbal hookah produces has these chemicals at levels the same as, or even greater than, tobacco products. That means that anyone around hookah smoke is at risk of the same health problems being exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke.

Sharing the mouthpiece isn’t the safest either. Herpes and other communicable diseases can be spread by sharing a mouthpiece.