SHISHA: THE SILENT KILLER
It has become the latest craze in town a lot of the british youth wants to be associated with shisha smoking and many shisha bars or cafes have sprung up in London and other major towns where youth are at large, in this way increasing the demand for this highly addictive lifestyle,indeed people who avoid cigarette smoking but smoke shisha are the ones at risk to get lung cancer, heart problems, stroke and pregnancy complications. According to research carried out by the World Health Organisation (WHO), The volume of smoke inhaled in an hour-long shisha session is estimated to be the equivalent of smoking between 100 and 200 cigarettes. The estimated findings go on to show that, on average, a smoker will inhale half a litre of smoke per cigarette, while a shisha smoker can take in anything from just under a sixth of a litre to a litre of smoke per inhale. Another major danger is breathing in dangerous toxins from the burning charcoal knowing very well it produces carbon monoxide which i...