Besides carbon monoxide, the charcoal used to heat the
products produces smoke containing metals and cancer-causing
chemicals.
Knowledge is the Best Antidote
“Parents need to emphasize that hookah smoking, includ-
ing using herbal products, carries many of the same health risks
as cigarette smoking,” urges Sutfin. “Parents should show their
teens the
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The Laws are Changing
State Laws regarding e-cigarettes and similar products
(including hookah pipes) — as well as laws restricting hookah
use in lounges — have become more stringent as people have
become more aware of the risks. Parents can find additional in-
formation at the following sites:
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TIPS & TALES
The following tips for parents are provided by Alexander V.
Prokhorov, M.D., Ph.D., professor of behavioral science at The
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Do not use tobacco products yourself. Kids model their
behaviors and lifestyle after their parents.
Create a tobacco-free policy in your household. Make
sure that relatives and guests don’t feel free to use tobacco
products around your children.
Hookah is not a safe tobacco product. It generates a very
large amount of smoke that contains toxic chemicals, just
like the smoke from cigarettes and other combusted forms
of tobacco.
If you learn that your teen uses tobacco, show that you
are disheartened by your teen’s tobacco use. If you have a
story about your relatives or friends who suffered or died
from tobacco-related diseases, tell him or her this story.
Refer your child to reputable resources which help young
people adopt tobacco-free lifestyles. One such program is
ASPIRE (A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience
- www.mdanderson.org/aspire. Free apps are available
(e.g., the Tobacco Free Teens app developed by experts at
MD Anderson).
Myrna Beth Haskell is the author of “LIONS and TIGERS and
TEENS: Expert advice and support for the conscientious par-
ent just like you” (Unlimited Publishing, LLC). Her work has
appeared in publications across the U.S. as well as internation-
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