Glycerin In Sisha Non Tobacco. Does It Have Side Effects?

Posted on Fri, 4 Oct 2013

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Question : glycerin in sisha non tobacco...does it have side effects and is it good for you compare to smoking tobacco

Answered by Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (56 minutes later)

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Sheesha is also called as hookah and it is a comparatively safe form of smoking. Even if it consists of glycerol and dont contain tobacco still it has side effects of smoke like- throat irritation, hoarseness of voice, mouth ulcers and increased risk of some cancers especially throat and lung cancer. But as the smoke is filtered from water so it is comparatively safe.

But if we compare this with typical tobacco or cigarette smoking then it is safe. It is very safe than smoking tobacco directly.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar