In my childhood we used to spent our summer holidays with grand parents in Punjab. There was a custom there to smoke hookah, which we never saw in Karachi. It was a strange yet interesting observation for us to see how people were enjoying it. Later on I came to know that it contains tobacco and it is a serious risk for health.
Recently I saw a glamorized version of this traditional hookah which I was familiar with, called Shisha or water pipe. My neighbors have a strawberry flavored shisha which their son use in BBQ parties. When I heard of it I asked my husband if it is just flavored smoke can I have it? He replied that may be next time you can try it. When I researched about this new trend amongst youngsters I came across shocking news that most of the people including my husband don’t know that it is a serious risk for health. People consider it just flavored smoke but it is not as simple. Dr Javaid Khan, Professor and consultant Chest Physician of Agha Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan had a reaearch report about it.
I have heard the term 'shisha' before, but did not know what it means.
In my memory it is associated with drugs. So I guess I already had an idea that it is something bad.
Oh I am a regular sheesha smoker. Have been since college. It was the thing to do back in the day and even now. Hell I met up with a friend from darfur and to remember good old times we had a sheesha each.
Its an arab tradition from Morocco to Oman. Everybody does it. Its a fun social thing.
I think its more of a social thing. I mean when work mates gather at the bar for a couple of pints.. we can gather for a couple of rounds of shisha. lol
btw, the craze is everywhere in the world not just Pakistan. Last I heard it was kinda dying out in Pakistan. Maybe its picked up again?
In Dubai going to sheesha places to hang out is a fairly common social activity. Have done it myself loads of times and there is nothing wrong with it. Haven't come across shisha or this so called trend in Lahore so far.
My grand-dad did smoked a Hookah and I grew up in Dubai, where Shisha/Hookah is hella normal so for me, it wasn't really taboo or whatever. Its a nice way to socialize and all that, I don't really care if it cuts off a few years off my life.
There is nothing good in it.. Hooka is better than this sheesha, but both of them are harmful. Talking about socializing is just a lame excuses. Socializing yourself means to do good thing for your society and not being the best from the worst.
I was really a bad chain smoker (Left 3 week ago and Alhamdulilah havent smoked till now). I have smoked hooka, sheesha, Joint, and many other things. All of them are harmful.
