Water Pipe Smoking Causes Significant Exposure To Nicotine And Cancer-causing Agents
Saturday, May 17, 2014 - 00:50
in Health & Medicine
PHILADELPHIA — Young adults who smoked water pipes in hookah bars had elevated levels of nicotine, cotinine, tobacco-related cancer-causing agents, and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in their urine, and this may increase their risk for cancer and other chronic diseases, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. read more