If it is often a question of cigarettes from the perspective of risk reduction, we often forget about shisha which is even more harmful to health. Recently, English researchers were keen to recall this truth by specifying that people who are followers of it also have the risk, so far less known, of suffering from other diseases such as type 2 diabetes.
A BOUFFEE OF NARGUILE AS DANGEROUS THAT 20 HAS 30 CIGARETTES!
The hookah (or hookah) is a water pipe for smoking a tobacco-based preparation. Studies have already established that this is even more harmful to health than cigarettes.
According to Tobacco Info Service, a single puff of shisha contains as much smoke as a whole cigarette: a shisha session thus amounts to to smoke between 20 and 30 cigarettes. Moreover, the carbon monoxide present in its smoke is in quantity 7 times higher than that present in the smoke of a cigarette because contrary to a widespread idea, the passage of the smoke in the water has no filtering role. The health risks are therefore the same: cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive problems, cancer, etc.
But now researchers from the Brighton and Sussex Medical School highlight in their work other risks hitherto unrecognized. These claim that smokers are more likely to gain weight and develop a type of diabetes 2 compared to nonsmokers after inhaling chicha fumes. Their study is presented as the largest ever conducted on adverse effects related to this practice and consisted of comparing the biochemical profile of 9 840 smoking and nonsmoking participants with blood tests. In all, 6 742 non-smokers, 976 former smokers, 864 cigarette smokers, 1 067 hookah smokers and 41 cigarette smokers and hookahs.
CHICHA, A RISK OF OBESITY AND DIABETES!
The results showed that there was a risk of obesity, metabolic syndrome, Diabetes and dyslipidemia (an abnormality in the level of fat in the blood) in chicha smokers but not in smokers
cigarettes. What to confirm that shisha is even more toxic than conventional smoking.
« A single hookah session can be equivalent to more than a pack of smoked cigarettes, and the toxic compounds inhaled are more prominent. But it's still unclear why shisha is associated with obesity and diabetes. Explains the Pr Gordon Ferns, co-author of the study. Among the main hypothesis raised, the fact that the toxins contained in smoke stimulate an inflammatory response.
A reaction that would make the body's tissues more resistant the effects of insulin, the hormone that regulates the level of glucose in the blood. " The narghile may also be associated with social behaviors that lead to weight gain », Adds Professor Gordon Ferns. For researchers, it should be noted that hookah is therefore not a "healthier" alternative to cigarettes as electronic cigarettes can be. Apart from the risks presented in this study, they point out that “ While a cigarette is finished in an average of 20 puffs, shisha smokers can be exposed to heavy metals and other carcinogenic chemicals over a longer period of time ».
They are also concerned that the practice now accounts for about half of teenage tobacco use in Britain according to a national study published last year. " The risks of hookah smoking with respect to certain types of cancer are well established and the evidence for an association with cardiovascular disease is increasing. From a health policy perspective, it would be important for the public to recognize the risks associated with this type of smoking. Its use can be particularly appealing to young people, which is why shisha should not be treated any differently from regular smoking. "Concludes the scientist.
Source : Santemagazine.fr/ - Bsms.ac.uk/
