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How To Smoke a Hookah and Shisha

	1. Fill the vase so that the stem of the hookah is submerged approximately one inch in the water. Using ice in the glass is very common; it makes the smoking experience more cool and soothing. You can also try freezing your glass by putting approximately an inch of water into the glass and putting it into the freezer.
	2. Place the metal argile on top of the vase. You should have a gasket to help seal the two together making it air tight.
	3. Place the tray over the top of the argile head. The tray will not fit over most heads, so you’ll need to place it on first. The opening for the tray will usually be a bit wider than the neck of the argile.
	This is what your hookah should look like.
	4. Attach the hose gasket to the end of the hose. Place the end of the hose with gasket into the hose opening of the argile.
	Hookah setup with hose.
	*Packing the bowl, takes a little practice to get it perfect.5. Brake up the shisha so it sets lightly in the bowl. If it is packed too dense, it will not allow smoke to be pulled through the head. Fill the head to the rim of the bowl and no higher. If you over fill the head, the shisha will become too packed when placing the foil or metal screen over the top.
	6. When placing foil over the top, get a square piece of foil that is approximately 3 X 3 inches.
	7. Place the foil over the top of the head like the picture shown on the left.
	8. Poke holes in the foil. A thumb tack or oyster fork works best.
	*Setup of hookah with hose and head.
	9. Lighting coals – If you have instant light Syrian coals or Japanese silver square coals, a lighter will work. For Nour and The Lord Style coals, use a stove or propane torch. You can find a propane torch at home improvement store for around $20. Burn the coal all the way around so when you blow on the coal, a red glow covers the entire piece. You can not directly apply flame to the tobacco or use Kingsford BBQ charcoals for the head. A lot of BBQ charcoal gives off too much carbon monoxide which can cause headaches and even death. Use only hookah charcoals please.
	10. Carefully place the charcoal on top of the hookah head so that you don’t drop ambers into the shisha.*If the hookah smoke becomes harsh, you may have too many coals on the head. Try removing a coal or breaking a coal into two to distribute heat better. If the hookah is still smoking harsh, ambers may be in the shisha. Remove coals and cover so that you can blow out ambers.

A Big Thanks To Hookah Company dot com for supplying the steps above. If you really like it, then make sure to buy something from them. I hope this has helped you learn how to smoke a hookah or how to smoke shisha. Enjoy!

4 Reasons Why Smoking a Hookah Makes You a Better Person

It seems obvious to all of those in the “In Crowd” that smoking the Shisha makes you a better person, even if it is just ever-so-slightly. If you haven’t been a hookah smoker for long, you may be asking yourself why. Today is your lucky day.

1. Hookah Smokers know that smoking the hookah is dangerous but they don’t care. We just want to make sure that God wants us alive. So, we give him as many chances as possible to kill and/or maim us. We come close enough to feel God’s breath on our neck, all he has to do is blow and we’d be dead. But he hasn’t yet, so I guess we are still supposed to be alive and kickin.

2. Hookah Smokers know how to relax and live life without a To-Do list. We don’t watch Dr. Phil and haven’t read any good Self-Help books lately.

3. Hookah Smokers can converse for hours on end without running out of stuff to talk about. Practice makes perfect.

4. And lastly, but certainly not least, Hookah Smokers can hold their breath for a loooooooooong time. So, if you ever drop your keys in a pond or need help out of a sinking car, your Hookah Smoking friend can save your ass.

Smoke On,

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Avoid The Hookah And Save Your Teeth

When you are looking at health-realted articles about hookah use, you may find a great deal of differing information. Doctor’s still aren’t sure about the effects of smoking the Shisha, but here is one thing I found online that can give you a worst-case scenario:

Avoid The Hookah And Save Your Teeth

Smoking a hookah also known as a water pipe is becoming an increasingly trendy menu item in Mediterranean restaurants, cafes and bars. People should be warned to “skip this course” according to a study that appeared in the November issue of the Journal of Periodontology.

Researchers found that the impact of water pipe smoking is largely the same magnitude as that of cigarette smoking. The prevalence of periodontal diseases was 30 percent in water pipe smokers, 24 percent in cigarette smokers and eight percent in non-smokers.

“Research from this study shows that the relative risk for periodontal disease increased by 5-fold in water pipe and 3.8-fold in cigarette smokers compared to non-smokers,” said Kenneth A. Krebs, DMD and AAP president. “Even though the smoke is filtered out by water, inhalation of toxic substances is similar to or even greater than that of cigarette smoking.”

“Many people are mislead in believing that water filters out the toxins and that nicotine is reduced in water pipe smoking,” Krebs. “Not only does water pipe smoking include the same substances as cigarette smoke such as carbon monoxide and tar, tobacco used for water pipe smoking contains two to four percent nicotine verses one to three percent for cigarettes.”

Researchers found increased levels of nicotine and cotinine in plasma, saliva and urine, supporting that water pipe smoking affects the periodontal tissues in the same way as cigarette smoking. “This study provides convincing evidence supporting the role of tobacco smoking as a risk factor for periodontal disease,” said Krebs.

“Although the precise mechanisms of action of tobacco smoke are not well understood, it seems highly likely that the periodontal bone is one of the most susceptible tissues,” said Krebs. “This hypothesis will be further tested by investigating the periodontal bone height levels of various tobacco smokers in the presently studied population.”