I was trying to describe to someone what smoking a hookah is like, the taste of it, and how it's different from an ecig... And I was completely at a loss. How do you describe something like that?
Describing a Hookah
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Who has even tried smoking with a hookah. I never even heard of smoking with one of these and I smoked for 40 years.
well only hookah i smoke was when smoking weed so as far as the flavors of tobacco can not help you..
but the main difference is that you are inhaling smoke not vapor. there is no filtering of the smoke the only thing that it filters is large ashes.
but the main difference is that you are inhaling smoke not vapor. there is no filtering of the smoke the only thing that it filters is large ashes.
Actually it is funny that you mention this....i tend to tell people that smoking an e-cig tastes like smoking a hookah because of the flavors. I always find a hookah to be way less harsh than an analong.
It is kind of a fad at the moment in my area, there is a hookah bar in town that sells disposable tips and the tobacco (shisha i think it's called) you use in it and you just sit around and smoke and drink coffee.
there is an E-hookah for sale too, I would think about buying it because it looks way cool and would be a nice way to get my smoking friends into e-smoking but it only has two pipes.
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If your "smoking" a hookah, you're not doing it right. There is no smoke, just vapor. The Shisha is wet with a mixture that includes PG or Glycerine. The coal sits on top and heats the Shisha, then vaporizes the liquid. When it is spent, none of the tobacco should be burned, just dried up.
Not sure about this unless you are talking about e-hookah and that looks like it uses a cart?
Hookah smoking: Is it safer than cigarettes? - MayoClinic.com
There is also a little link on that page about e-cigarettes. They have obviously done no research on either. If the shisha is not burned, how can it be compared to smoking cigarettes. If it was lit, like a traditional water pipe, yes, it would be much worse than smoking cigarettes because it is not filtered and the smoke would be cooled by the water. So it would be easier to inhale large amounts. But, if its done right, hookah tobacco should not be burned. There will be a little carbon monoxide from the coal, but otherwise it does the same thing that e-cigarettes do, it vaporizes the liquid. It just does it in a different way.
Thats crazy...but i dig it. Couldnt we just vaporize our juices instead of shisha....i still think you are burning the tobacco otherwise...and there are lots of studies out there that suggest that. What kind of hoohaks vaporize? I have had my hookah for 5 years or so and i am pretty sure it doesnt vaporize.
I wonder when the FDA is going to go after my morning toast because it has carcinogens..
ok i see what you are talking about.. with the hookah.. a real hookah does vaporize in the US water pipe with hoses is more common and referred to as a hookah.
there is still more than nicotine that is vaporized but yeah it is healthier than smoking.
ok i see what you are talking about.. with the hookah.. a real hookah does vaporize in the US water pipe with hoses is more common and referred to as a hookah.
there is still more than nicotine that is vaporized but yeah it is healthier than smoking.
Any hookah vaporizes, as long as you have the right shisha, and use the metal screen, or aluminum foil on top with a clean burning coal. Liquid wouldn't work, because it would just drip through the holes in the bowl. You could get some tobacco or herbs and soak it in the liquid, that should work. As far as studies, all I see is reports saying its like smoking a pack of cigarettes in one sitting, but so is sitting behind a semi truck. I haven't seen any actual studies, just doctors and the like assuming that the tobacco is burned.
I think the easiest way to describe it would be to say that it's just like an e-cig without the throat hit. I smoked hookah's for a while a few years ago when we had a Hookah bar here (Ali Baba's Hookah Lounge, lol).
Just noticed they added herbal non-tobacco shisha...interesting
HookaH-HookaH :: Shisha Tobacco :: Herbal...
HookaH-HookaH :: Shisha Tobacco :: Herbal...
I don't know the brand off hand. I get it from a cigar shop at the mall near me, called Tinder Box.
Hookah = vapor and smoke. A variety of flavors. It is lighter then smoke in feel (much like an e-cig) but is a bit harsher then the vapor we are all used to. Using a hookah properly takes a bunch of work and a bit of knowledge so unless you are an expert doing it at home will likely be problematic. Also you can use shisha in a real vaporizer like and iolite or volcano. I have heard of people successfully using e-liquid in an iollite but this can be dangerous as they get alot hotter then our e-cigs.
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ok probably totally off the mark but is this anything like the iolite inhaler???
I was sort of wondering how to describe the... Texture, I guess? A friend of mine once described it at smoking a cloud, but I was looking for something a little more descriptive than that, easier to understand...
it's heavier then the vapor from your e-cig but lighter then cigarette smoke. it's like half smoke half vapor.
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