Waterpipe tobacco smokers inhale same toxicants as cigarette smokers
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 17:07
in Health & Medicine
Smoking tobacco through a waterpipe exposes the user to the same toxicants - carbon monoxide and nicotine - as puffing on a cigarette, which could lead to nicotine addiction and heart disease, according to a study led by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher published in the December issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.