Hookah tobacco also known as waterpipe tobacco, maassel, shisha, narghile, or argileh is a type of combustible tobacco that is smoked with a hookah waterpipe. Hookah waterpipe smoke exposes people to the addictive chemical nicotine and contains many of the same toxic chemicals that are in cigarette smoke. A typical one-hour hookah session involves inhaling — times the volume of smoke from a single cigarette.
Waterpipe smokers are at risk for the same kind of diseases caused by cigarette smoking. In , FDA finalized a rule extending our regulatory authority to cover all tobacco products, including hookah tobacco.
FDA regulates the manufacture, import, packaging, labeling, advertising, promotion, sale, and distribution of hookah tobacco. This includes components and parts of tobacco products regulated by the rule, but excludes accessories such as lighters, tongs, or external burners. Examples of components and parts that are regulated include, but are not limited to:.
If you make, modify, mix, manufacture, fabricate, assemble, process, label, repack, relabel, or import hookah waterpipe tobacco, you must comply with the requirements for manufacturers. But shisha is not addictive, right? Waterpipe smoke contains nicotine.
Waterpipe smoking is addictive. Daily waterpipe smokers can feel just as addicted as cigarettes smokers. The water in shisha pipes does not filter out the harmful chemicals. Most of the tar and fine particles pass through the water. But the smoke is smoother. It smells like apple, how bad can it be? What about tobacco-free shisha? This waterpipe has gadgets that make it safer. Some waterpipes are labelled as being less harmful.
They may have mouthpieces containing activated charcoal or cotton, or they may have chemical additives or plastic mesh fittings to create smaller bubbles. Investigation of mainstream smoke aerosol of the argileh water pipe. Food and Chemical Toxicology ;41 1 —52 [accessed Feb 10]. World Health Organization. Tobacco Regulation Advisory Note. Tobacco Control Mar 24 [accessed Feb 10]. Drug and Alcohol Dependence external icon ; 1—3 —9 [accessed Mar 18].
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