Hookah is a flavored tobacco that is smoked through a hookah pipe (water pipe). The flavored tobacco is heated by charcoal or wood fuel. The smoke from the tobacco is sent through a water chamber in the pipe into a tube with a mouthpiece, which...
Smoking cigarettes gets blamed for many negative things, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, confirms that it is dangerous. It kills more people every year than illegal drug use, alcohol use, murders, suicides, car...
As the National Institute on Drug Abuse reports, the nicotine contained in tobacco is as addictive a drug as heroin. From tobacco use comes a host of physical, mental and financial consequences that far outweigh the pleasure gained from smoking or...
Smoking is an insidious habit that causes illness and death. Smokers have known since the release of the first Surgeon General's report in the mid-1960s how dangerous their habit is but cigarette smoking continues. Every year millions of people...
Cigar smoking doesn't deserve the sometimes sophisticated aura it's given by cigar bars and celebrity use, according to the American Lung Association. Cigar smoking is often viewed as being less dangerous than cigarette smoking, but a single large...
Cigar smoking poses as many health hazards to people as cigarette smoking. The smoke from cigars is absorbed into the body of the smoker and released into the air, exposing others to dangerous chemicals. As with cigarette smoking, the more a...
Peripheral artery disease occurs when arteries in your legs get thinner and harder due to fatty deposit buildup. An STL Health and Fitness article reports that three out of four women are not familiar with the disease. The disease may cause pain...
Smoking is an insidious habit that can lead to illness and death in many cases. Its impact on the lungs and its ability to lead to cancer and heart disease are its most far-reaching effects, but it has additional characteristics that make it a...
Smoking a pipe is associated with leisure and sophistication. There is a misconception that it is safe, but it has significant health risks. Although smoking a pipe is not quite as dangerous as smoking cigarettes, it does carry the same risks as...
It's common knowledge that the nicotine in cigarettes acts as an appetite suppressant. In fact, some women admit they started smoking to lose weight, according to a study from the the University of Michigan. The study, published in the November...
While marijuana affects various people differently, there are certain side effects that are present for most every pot smoker, reports the National Institute on Drug Abuse, all of which can serve as motivation to quit. For some, heart rate...
Pipe smoking has decreased in popularity over the years in the United States, with less than 1 percent of people older than 12 smoking a pipe, the Merck Manual reported in 2010, compared to 14 percent in 1965, as reported by the National Cancer...
Lung cancer, the most common cause of cancer death according to the Merck Manual, has a very high mortality rate. The average survival rate at 5 years after diagnosis ranges from 3 percent for cancers that have spread, or metastasized to 52.9...
Djarum Black clove cigarette is the popular brand of clove cigarettes, or kreteks, imported from Indonesia and targeted at younger smokers. Kreteks are made from a mixture of tobacco, ground cloves, clove oil and other additives. The addition of...
Nicotine is the addictive agent found in chewing tobacco. The National Cancer Institute reports that users of smokeless tobacco products such as chewing tobacco take in three to four times as much nicotine per use than cigarette smokers....
Smoking tobacco, whether it is in cigarettes, cigars or pipes, can cause a variety of health problems. The most commonly known disease that is associated with smoking tobacco is lung cancer, but there are others that may develop. Tobacco smoking...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that more preventable diseases and deaths are caused by tobacco than any other source. Pipe smokers tend to smoke differently than cigarette smokers, holding smoke in their mouths and throats rather...
Cigarette smoking is the single-most preventable cause of lung cancer and heart disease in the United States. It is directly responsible for emphysema, chronic bronchitis, stroke, cataracts, cancer of the larynx and bladder. It causes 87 percent...
Cigarettes have a reputation for helping people lose weight, and it is common to gain some pounds if you give up cigarettes. This effect is related to both the cigarettes themselves and the physical motions of smoking. A recent study shows that...
Many cigarette smokers notice that nicotine seems to affect their weight and metabolism, blunting their appetite and perhaps keeping them thin. This may seem like a benefit to some smokers, but smoking is terrible for your health -- much worse...
The National Cancer Institute states cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, causing an estimated 438,000 deaths each year. Cigarette smoking kills more Americans than alcohol, car accidents, suicide,...
Smoking has many well-known and well-documented health effects. For example, cigarette smokers are more likely to have strokes, heart attacks, bronchitis, emphysema and various types of cancer, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Vitamin depletion...
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, an estimated 23.9 percent of people in the United States over the age of 12 were current cigarette smokers in 2008. However, the American Heart Association (AHA) reports that cigarette...
Cigarette smokers are four times more likely than nonsmokers to feel unrested after a night's sleep, according to research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2008 published in "Science News." The researchers believe this is due to...
Though cannabis is less dangerous than other types of heavy drugs, it has a variety of side effects that users and parents of users should be aware of. While some effects are short term, there is some evidence that regular marijuana use may have...
Smoking affects lung function in various negative ways, making smokers more likely to develop serious health problems. Cigarette smoking increases the chances of developing lung cancer, as well as many other cancers, cardiovascular problems,...
If you just stopped smoking, engaging in regular physical activity could help you reduce your cigarette cravings and withdrawal symptoms. However, starting a cardiovascular exercise program at a high intensity right after you quit smoking could...
Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin needed in your daily diet. Dietary reference intakes of vitamin C for nonsmokers are 90mg for men and 75mg for women, according to Oregon State University. Smokers require more vitamin C. Men who smoke require...
Vaginal skin disorders can result from invading microbes. According to the Mayo Clinic, vaginal discharge consist of fluids, bacteria and cells that shed normally from the vagina. The discharge functions to clean and protect the vagina, and can...
Transitional cell cancer can be deadly. Learn about the different causes of, symptoms of, and treatments for transitional cell cancer in this video.
