The HUKA Bar have just recently been featured on Channel 2 News.
Click here if you want to watch it.
http://www.kutv.com/video/?id=25714@kutv.dayport.com
Which we believe had cut our side of the story, and made this a one sided point of view, they cut most of our Facts comparing smoking Hookah to Cigarettes and decided to point towards the only thing that Hookah has more of then Cigarettes and that's Carbon Monoxide.
Well were here to clear that up, and let you know of the other things they didn't tell you. that the deliberately cut out of the story.
Here is a quick comparison between HUKA & Cigarettes
% of Nicotine (addictive substance found in both)
Cigarettes=9.9%
HUKA= .5%
One 20th the Nicotine# of Ingredients/Chemicals found in bothHUKA = 4 (Fruit Paste, Molasses, Natural Tobacco Leaf, Flavored Oils)
Cigarettes = 599 Additives, Chemicals the list is simply too long to put here, but do a Google search for ingredients in a cigarette and you will get them all if you wish (yes it includes rat poison, Cancer Causing Agents and just about anything else you can imagine)
% of Tar (the substance in cigarettes that make your breath,hands,hair and everything around you stink)
Cigarettes = 5%HUKA = 0% That's right HUKA has
NO TAR that's why you don't leave stinking
on top of all this Cigarettes are harmful because the
HEAT given off of them can burn your lungs also small particles do make it through the filter and into your lungs
HUKA has this amazing little thing called
WATER that cools the smoke to make sure your lungs don't get all that heat and also the water works as a filter and catches all particles that could of potentially made it to your lungs.
Now here are the bad facts: its is believed that Hookah Smoke has more Carbon Monoxide then Cigarettes, in facts the story compared Hookah Smoking to Smoking 5 Packs of Cigarettes, Well Facts are there haven't been any long conclusive tests done on Hookah Smoke, and the few tests they have done have all been with a QUICK LIGHTING ARTIFICIAL CHARCOALS which are commonly found with home Hookah Smokers for there convience, quickness & inexpensivness.
YES there is one form of Smoking Hookah which can be extremely can be a lot more harmful on you then the later. and that is smoking a Hookah with a Quick Lighting Charcoal, these Charcoals put out a lot of Carbon Monoxide, they smell and are we feel terrible and not the right way to smoke Hookah, Its like lighting a firework and smoking it. they change the smell & Taste of the Shisha (hookah tobacco) We recommend that all Hookah Smokers that smoke at home, switch from these to what WE use. and that's a Much Cleaner Burning Lemon Wood Coal, that puts off a fraction of the Carbon Monoxide and will enhance your HUKA Smoking Pleasure.
also HUKA isn't meant to be just sucked on for 45 minutes by one person, doing so of course would give your body a lack of oxygen that it does need. HUKA is meant to be a Social Experience, used for thousands of years in the Middle East as a ice breaker. used for many ceremonial events such as Marriages, Important Business Meetings, Political Meetings and such. so sit back relax have a couple puffs and then pass it to your neighbor, it is of course "puff puff pass", so in other words take a break while your friends enjoy the experience, don't feel the need to hoover it down by yourself, doing so would be the WRONG way to smoke Hookah.
Were not saying HUKA isn't bad for you.
because lets be honest it is, just like drinking is, and many of the things we may do for fun are. however........if you want to give them a comparison to Cigarettes make the judgment for yourself, less chemicals and additives, less addicting because less nicotine, and less Stink!!!! you decide.