Is Shisha/Hookah haram?

[Gulalai]

i didn't know if i should put this in health or religion but here it is lol

So is shisha and/or hookah haram?
why or why not?

let's discuss (:

[IamDZJ]

i don't think hookah and sheesha are the same to begin with. hookah has the actual stuff inside it which gives you the sensation of being high or whatever while sheesha is said to have artificial fruit flavors only.
hookah might be but i don't think sheesha is haram.
it's not something the usage of which is approved by my family which makes it pretty much haram to me. why would i want to sit there and be surrounded by all those people and smoke any ways??

[Gulalai]

oh.. my bad. i will have a mod fix that LOL

[Gulalai]

ok, i dont really care what is what... is it haram or halal? and why or why not?

[Sheenka]

its not haram LOL

[Gulalai]

I've always heard that it is haram because it's bad for one's health

[Sheenka]

not the fruit flovour, i dont like it anyway LOL

[Gulalai]

the flavors are still tobacco, aren't they?

[Sheenka]

no its not

[Gulalai]

But hookah smoking has its own demon — combusted charcoal — which carries health risks even when non-tobacco shisha is used. When charcoal is burned to create the hookah effect, it releases chemicals in the process, namely carbon monoxide (CO) and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). In addition to inhaling byproducts of the shisha, waterpipe smokers also inhale fairly large quantities of these combustion-related toxins — a hidden health risk associated with hookah smoking, even for non-tobacco shisha.
One recent study found that in a typical hookah smoking session, participants inhaled more carbon monoxide than someone who smokes a pack or more a day of conventional cigarettes. While hookah tobacco (or non-tobacco shisha) can be bought with very trace amounts of nicotine, or even be tobacco-free, most hookah devices are solely designed for charcoal burning to be the mechanism of inhalation. Tobacco tends to burn more slowly than many of the fruit and molasses contents in non-tobacco shishas. And so, while it is true that you aren't inhaling tobacco smoke, the sustained burning of the charcoal carries the risk of extended exposure to these chemicals. Even at low levels of exposure, both CO and PAH have corrosive and carcinogenic properties, just like most combustion by-products.

Go Ask Alice!: Non-tobacco versus tobacco hookah smoking

[Sheenka]

i've never heard of hookah before.

[khashayar]

[Sheenka]

LOL we've got the red one

[khashayar]

ive got the blue one :D

[Gulalai]

sheenkay, adam just said hookah is the pipe....if you read that link i just posted it explains how/why it's bad for one's health, even if you don't use tobacco. That's why i think it is haram... but no one will explain why they think it is not haram so i'm confused :S