IS smoking the hookah like smoking a drug? does it get you high? or is it like a cigarette?

Answer 1

It depends on what you put in it. Here's a little history for you...

Tobacco smoking is not what hookahs were originally invented for as there are many examples of hookahs in both art and archeology prior to the arrival of tobacco in the Old World. In this pre-tobacco period the most commonly smoked substances in hookahs were opium and hashish (although not marijuana). After the arrival of tobacco in the Old World hookah use became more widespread because of the lower level of intoxication induced with tobacco smoking. This is not to say that the practice of smoking opium and hashish in hookahs is now extinct. In addition, while all forms of smoking are looked down upon by highly orthodox Muslims, tobacco is generally more accepted than opium and hashish.

The most commonly-used hookah tobaccos (known as tobamel or maassel) are produced using a 1:2 mixture of shredded tobacco leaf mixed in with a sweetener such as honey, molasses or semi-dried fruit. Originally, tobacco was mixed with one of these sweeteners to form jurâk (e.g. Zhaghoul brand), a flavorless, moistened tobacco. The now-popular, fruit-flavored hookah tobaccos got their start in the late 1980s when Egyptian tobacco companies began experimenting with flavored tobacco as a way to sell more of their products to women. Due to the popularity of flavored hookah tobaccos, many modern manufacturers have begun to use glycerin as the primary sweetener in hookah tobaccos because of its humectant qualities and subtle sweetening properties that accentuate the various tobacco flavorings. Today, shisha tobacco is often mixed with dried fruit, natural extracts and artificial flavorings to produce a varying assortment of tobacco flavors, such as apple, double and triple apple, strawberry, rose, mango, cappuccino, vanilla, coconut, cherry, grape, banana, kiwi, blueberry, tuti fruity, Arabian coffee, mixed fruit, cantaloupe, cola, lemon, apricot, licorice, and mint, which has a cooling effect on the throat. This proliferation of flavors is rather new, starting perhaps in the mid-1990s.

Answer 2

Assuming you're smoking tobacco, the hookah will give you a bigger hit than a cigarette, and the buzz will remind you that nicotine is a drug.

Answer 3

If you are asking about the hookah mentioned in "Alice in Wonderland", then it is a kind of pipe. I saw hookah being used in Egypt; they have them in restaurants for tourists to smoke, and yes, they use tobacco. I suppose that you could use them to smoke anything that you wanted.

Answer 4

I'll inform you what~ I have smoked cigg's on and off for no less than 35 years. When my well being grew to become dangerous and immediately~ Im inhaling air and its NOT going to my lungs to deliver me Oxygen~ ITS A HUGE FREAK OUT! When I used to be smoking weed~ it made me think like i used to be no longer in manage of myself and I felt very paranoid. It used to be like being conscious in a dwelling hell for me. I handiest smoked weed for much less then one million 12 months. But there are occasions I nonetheless pass over the peace and quietness of smoking a cigg. however I dont desire to ever revel in that lack of air in my lungs ever once more. I in no way have cared an iota approximately the melanoma from the ciggs~ its the lack of oxygen. I bet you'll be able to need to learn what I wrote, and delete my solutions on the grounds that I might NEVER ever decide on both to any extent further~ yrs in the past, it might had been the cigg. despite the fact that.

Answer 5

Not really like smoking a drug. It depends on what you actually smoke. It is filtered so it is not harmful in moderation.

Almost anything in moderation is fairly safe.

Answer 6

THE LAST HOOKER I SMOKED WAS AT THE CRAZY HORSE IN FRANCE :) ALL JOKING ASIDE. IT IS LIKE A CIGARETTE BUT THEY HAVE TO DRAW VERY DEEP SO YOU DO GET A LITTLE BUZZ. I AM NOW 61 AND HAVE EMPHASEMA FROM SMOKING. BE SMART AND DO NOT START OR IF YOU DO STOP... BEFORE YOU KILL YOURSELF.

Answer 7

you can put drugs or tobacco. sometimes you'll find hookah restaurants, where they serve food and tobacco

Answer 8

all it is, is tobacco, the smoke however is thinner. If your not used to it, it will make you light headed, but not high.

Answer 9

Depends on what you smoke in it....

Answer 10

All answers YES!