The Hookah Hoax 2015
Distributed by Human Relations Media, 41 Kensico Drive, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549; 800-431-2050
DVD, color, 16 min.
Middle School - General Adult
Addiction, Health Risks, Smoking, Tobacco Use
Date Entered: 12/10/2015
Reviewed by Sandy Costanza D’Youville College, Buffalo, NYIs smoking a hookah as addictive and harmful as smoking a cigarette?
This is an excellent film and one which should be shown in every middle and high school across the country! Short, direct and full of information this video can be utilized in making the decision to smoke or not smoke a hookah. One would think that with all the available information regarding the harmful effects of smoking we wouldn’t need a film such as this but people still smoke cigarettes and now smoke hookahs which are just as harmful.
Creative advertisement labels hookah use as safe. Don’t be fooled by the enticing flavors and the social atmosphere of a hookah lounge. As this video clearly explains hookah smoke contains just as many harmful chemicals in higher concentrations than cigarettes. They are harmful and cause just as many complications and chronic illnesses as cigarette use does. The moral of this story is stop smoking!