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Shisha smoking more dangerous than cigarettes
31 May 2014
One hour of shisha smoking involves inhaling 100-200 times the volume of smoke inhaled with a single cigarette, experts discussed at the Twitter clinic held by Dubai Health Authority on Thursday.
“It’s a myth that pipes are less harmful than cigarettes,” said a doctor.
Through its Twitter portal @DHA_Dubai, smoking cessation specialists disseminated vital information with an aim to educate the community about the ill-effects of smoking.
“We have dedicated smoking cessation clinics that are part of Tobacco Free Dubai Project which was implemented in 2009,” said Dr Manal Taryam, CEO of Primary Healthcare Centre.
More than 30,000 people have benefited from the smoking cessation campaigns which the DHA has conducted across universities, schools, private and public sectors since 2009.
“On an average, each clinic receives 150 to 200 patients per year. In 2013, we achieved a smoking cessation rate of 14 per cent and we are continuing our efforts in this direction,” said Dr Sami Mana, Community Medicine Specialist at the DHA. He said patients need most support when they experience symptoms like nervousness, irritability, headaches, insomnia, tiredness etc.
Dr Shamsa Abdulla bin Hammad, Head of Wellness Centres, Department of Community Health, said, “We opened the first cessation clinic in Al Twar Primary Healthcare Centre in 2010 and in 2013 a cessation clinic was opened in Al Barsha Centre and on the Higher Colleges of Technology campus in order to help adolescents quit smoking at a young age.”
Dr Mana said that cigarette smoking is the number one risk factor for lung cancer and that tobacco smoke is a mix of more than 4,000 chemicals, of which 250 are toxic and at least 50 are known to cause cancer.
He also added that one hour of shisha smoking involves inhaling 100-200 times the volume of smoke inhaled with a single cigarette. “Pipes are more alkaline, more addictive and cause substantially higher risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the relative risk of lip and oral cancer is also higher as compared to cigarette smoking.”
Shisha smoking more dangerous than cigarettes
31 May 2014
One hour of shisha smoking involves inhaling 100-200 times the volume of smoke inhaled with a single cigarette, experts discussed at the Twitter clinic held by Dubai Health Authority on Thursday.
“It’s a myth that pipes are less harmful than cigarettes,” said a doctor.
Through its Twitter portal @DHA_Dubai, smoking cessation specialists disseminated vital information with an aim to educate the community about the ill-effects of smoking.
“We have dedicated smoking cessation clinics that are part of Tobacco Free Dubai Project which was implemented in 2009,” said Dr Manal Taryam, CEO of Primary Healthcare Centre.
More than 30,000 people have benefited from the smoking cessation campaigns which the DHA has conducted across universities, schools, private and public sectors since 2009.
“On an average, each clinic receives 150 to 200 patients per year. In 2013, we achieved a smoking cessation rate of 14 per cent and we are continuing our efforts in this direction,” said Dr Sami Mana, Community Medicine Specialist at the DHA. He said patients need most support when they experience symptoms like nervousness, irritability, headaches, insomnia, tiredness etc.
Dr Shamsa Abdulla bin Hammad, Head of Wellness Centres, Department of Community Health, said, “We opened the first cessation clinic in Al Twar Primary Healthcare Centre in 2010 and in 2013 a cessation clinic was opened in Al Barsha Centre and on the Higher Colleges of Technology campus in order to help adolescents quit smoking at a young age.”
Dr Mana said that cigarette smoking is the number one risk factor for lung cancer and that tobacco smoke is a mix of more than 4,000 chemicals, of which 250 are toxic and at least 50 are known to cause cancer.
He also added that one hour of shisha smoking involves inhaling 100-200 times the volume of smoke inhaled with a single cigarette. “Pipes are more alkaline, more addictive and cause substantially higher risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the relative risk of lip and oral cancer is also higher as compared to cigarette smoking.”
Shisha smoking more dangerous than cigarettes
