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Re:Colorado Pot Tax Proving More Lucrative Than Expected by maxerickson on Saturday February 22, 2014 @02:26PM (#7283220)
Your last statement sounded weird to me. The matching figure from here:

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/tobac...

would be the volume of smoke inhaled (hookah session = 150 cigarettes). Equivalent is probably the wrong word to describe that.

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Re:Colorado Pot Tax Proving More Lucrative Than Expected by WiseWeasel on Saturday February 22, 2014 @02:46PM (#7283298)
Given that hookah smoke feels significantly more mild and moist than cigarette smoke, volume alone is likely a poor measure of health impact.

OT: "Hookah is also called [...] hubble-bubble [...]"

Citation needed.

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Re:Colorado Pot Tax Proving More Lucrative Than Expected by maxerickson on Saturday February 22, 2014 @03:00PM (#7283351)
They provide a citation!

There are multiple uses of it in Google search results.

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Re:Colorado Pot Tax Proving More Lucrative Than Expected by WiseWeasel on Saturday February 22, 2014 @03:13PM (#7283407)
So they did! Their first citation [1] from the American Lung Association even takes it a step further:

"Other common names for waterpipes include [...], and hubbly-bubbly."

They even cite a study entitled "Hubble-bubble (water pipe) smoking: levels of nicotine and cotinine in plasma, saliva and urine". [2]

This rabbit hole goes deep!

[1] http://www.lungusa2.org/embargo/slati/Trendalert_Waterpipes....

[2] Shafagoj YA, Mohammed FI, Hadidi.KA., Int J of Clin Pharmacol Ther 2002 Jun; 40(6): 249-55.

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Re:Colorado Pot Tax Proving More Lucrative Than Expected by carbocation on Saturday February 22, 2014 @03:50PM (#7283534)
> Equivalent is probably the wrong word to describe that.

This known carcinogen should be treated with respect, even when taken by alternative routes, until there is data demonstrating that the cooling mechanism actually improves safety.

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Re:Colorado Pot Tax Proving More Lucrative Than Expected by maxerickson on Saturday February 22, 2014 @04:11PM (#7283613)
I'm not suggesting otherwise. I have managed to eschew tobacco since forever and plan to continue doing so.

My main intent was to save every other person that did a double take the trouble.

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