Waterpipe

Aiming to curb consumption of tobacco among the youth at an early stage, the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has urged its 180 member nations to monitor waterpipe (Indian hookah) tobacco use through a national surveillance system to cover all age groups.

Even light-use hookah or water pipe smokers may develop lung function abnormalities, including marked changes in cells lining the airways, a new study has warned.

Even though the consumption of Hookah has been banned in Haryana for a year, around 20 college students, aged between 18 and 20, were today found being served the waterpipe at a cafe in Gurgaon.

Aiming to curb consumption of tobacco among the youth at an early stage, the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has urged its 180 member nations to monitor waterpipe (Indian hookah) tobacco use through a national surveillance system to cover all age groups.

Even light-use hookah or water pipe smokers may develop lung function abnormalities, including marked changes in cells lining the airways, a new study has warned.

Even though the consumption of Hookah has been banned in Haryana for a year, around 20 college students, aged between 18 and 20, were today found being served the waterpipe at a cafe in Gurgaon.