SHISHA: THE SILENT KILLER

It has become the latest craze in town every young kenyan wants to be associated with shisha smoking and many shisha bars or cafes have sprung up in Nairobi,Mombasa and other major towns in this way increasing the demand for this highly addictive lifestyle,indeed people who avoid cigarette smoking but smoke shisha are the ones at risk to get lung cancer, heart problems,stroke and pregnancy complications.

According to research carried out by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the volume of smoke inhaled in an hour-long shisha session is estimated to be the equivalent of smoking between 100 and 200 cigarettes. The estimated  findings go on to show that, on average, a smoker will inhale half a litre of smoke per cigarette, while a shisha smoker can take in anything from just under a sixth of a
litre to a litre of smoke per inhale.
  Another major danger is breathing in dangerous toxins from the burning charcoal knowing very well it produces carbon monoxide which is harmful,shisha smoking can lead to addiction in that one will be forced to use alot of time and money to satisfy the addiction.
The sweet smell and colourful fruit flavours of the tobacco and herbs used in shisha have acted to hook up many young people but before only old men smoked shisha but as time has changed this craze only seems to bring more pain and suffering in the future as signs of cancer will take time to develop but for blood poisoning and miscarriages in pregnant women the danger is more present at the blink of an eye.
   The solution to prevent this past time from becoming a tragedy in the future is to educate young people on the effects the tobacco can cause to the human body as one usually smokes a cigarette for a few minutes in the case of shisha a session can take an hour and this is exposing the body to more toxins which a very dangerous.
  So when you are at your favourite shisha joint smoking your favourite fruit flavour just think of the danger you are exposing your body to.