While most men know that smoking cigarettes are the No. 1 leading preventable death in our country, a new study has found that hookah smoking isn\u2019t necessarily a safe alternative.<\/p>\n
New research from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing examined 30 healthy young adults for a hookah smoking study. They measured the participants\u2019 exhaled carbon monoxide levels, blood levels of nicotine and flow-mediated dilation of blood vessels (a marker of artery function) before and after the smoking session. The people in the study were 26 years old, on average.<\/p>\n
The scientists also compared the results of these measures with people of a similar age who regularly smoked cigarettes.<\/p>\n
The results showed that exhaled carbon monoxide levels were nine to 10 times greater in charcoal-heated hookah smoking compared to electronically heated smoking sessions or regular cigarettes.<\/p>\n
In addition, the flow-mediated dilated after smoking charcoal-heated types was higher than electronically heated types or regular cigarettes. This is because carbon monoxide dilates blood vessels and appears to mask the effects of charcoal-heated hookah tobacco smoke impairing endothelial function. Electronically heated hookah and traditional cigarette smoking lowered flow-mediated dilation directly, also indicating endothelial dysfunction.<\/p>\n
\u201cHookah is the only form of tobacco product that uses burning charcoal briquettes to heat the flavored tobacco in the water pipe,\u201d explains Dr. Mary Rezk-Hanna, lead author for the study. \u201cSo, in addition to toxic substances from tobacco and nicotine, hookah smoke exposes users to charcoal combustion products, including large amounts of carbon monoxide.\u201d<\/p>\n
This research backs up a 2016 study which found that one session of this type of smoking delivers 10 times the amount of carbon monoxide found in a single cigarette.<\/p>\n
Many experts consider the impairment of endothelial function to be the first phase of the atherosclerotic process.<\/p>\n
The results of the study were presented at the American Heart Association\u2019s Scientific Sessions 2008 in Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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