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Hookah smoke has almost no nicotine since it’s filtered through water, but hookah can still be addictive. That’s because tobacco also contains addictive MAOIs i
by yaacov 8y ago
Hookah smoke has almost no nicotine since it’s filtered through water, but hookah can still be addictive. That’s because tobacco also contains addictive MAOIs in addition to the more well-known nicotine. E-cigs don’t have MAOIs, only nicotine, which makes them easier to quit.
- no_identd 8y agoReg. MAOIs & addictiveness, there's another group of substances besides MAOIs involved: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19358678 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19358678 Also, go look up why the tobacco industry used to add tons of sugar to their products.
- braindouche 8y agoNonsense. The water in a hookah cools the smoke, but doesn't really do much filtering, and it DOES NOT remove nicotine. Hookah smoke is fairly low in nicotine, but that's because most shisha is "washed" to remove most of it's nicotine -- kind of like how decaf coffee still has a trace of caffeine in it. Try an unwashed shisha some time, they're out there.