Comments on: Stop Your Hooking http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/05/31/stop_your_hooki_1/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ismail http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/05/31/stop_your_hooki_1/comment-page-2/#comment-242235 ismail Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:25:29 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4474#comment-242235 <p>This is not true im 14 and i live in russia i smoke hookah at least 3-4 times a week i prepare it my self at home hookah smoke is diffrent then ciggaret smoke you inhale ciggaretts but hookah u just hold the moke in your mouth and let it go...so it cant be as bad as smokeing its only bad if you inhale it most hookah smokers dont</p> This is not true im 14 and i live in russia i smoke hookah at least 3-4 times a week i prepare it my self at home hookah smoke is diffrent then ciggaret smoke you inhale ciggaretts but hookah u just hold the moke in your mouth and let it go…so it cant be as bad as smokeing its only bad if you inhale it most hookah smokers dont

]]> By: Rosalia Fotolela http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/05/31/stop_your_hooki_1/comment-page-2/#comment-197700 Rosalia Fotolela Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:41:37 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4474#comment-197700 <p>How dangerous is this tobacco?</p> How dangerous is this tobacco?

]]> By: PG http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/05/31/stop_your_hooki_1/comment-page-2/#comment-140967 PG Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:18:54 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4474#comment-140967 <blockquote>We actually have a couple of hookah bars in NorCal, I know they're probably everywhere, but I thought it was interesting how this ancient (unhealthy, disgusting, etc.) Indian tradition is being commercialized here in the US, but then (according to Yo Dad) Indian youth are only interested in hookah when they realize that western youth are doing it. *Sigh*</blockquote> <p>Same reason why various publications of the illustrated Kama Sutra is regaining popularity in the bookstores of New Delhi.</p> <p>What comes around goes around --- the world.</p> We actually have a couple of hookah bars in NorCal, I know they’re probably everywhere, but I thought it was interesting how this ancient (unhealthy, disgusting, etc.) Indian tradition is being commercialized here in the US, but then (according to Yo Dad) Indian youth are only interested in hookah when they realize that western youth are doing it. *Sigh*

Same reason why various publications of the illustrated Kama Sutra is regaining popularity in the bookstores of New Delhi.

What comes around goes around — the world.

]]> By: mfunnierthanyou http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/05/31/stop_your_hooki_1/comment-page-2/#comment-140964 mfunnierthanyou Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:13:46 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4474#comment-140964 <p>Runa @ 51:</p> <p>LOL.</p> <p>We actually have a couple of hookah bars in NorCal, I know they're probably everywhere, but I thought it was interesting how this ancient (unhealthy, disgusting, etc.) Indian tradition is being commercialized here in the US, but then (according to Yo Dad) Indian youth are only interested in hookah when they realize that western youth are doing it. <em>Sigh</em></p> Runa @ 51:

LOL.

We actually have a couple of hookah bars in NorCal, I know they’re probably everywhere, but I thought it was interesting how this ancient (unhealthy, disgusting, etc.) Indian tradition is being commercialized here in the US, but then (according to Yo Dad) Indian youth are only interested in hookah when they realize that western youth are doing it. Sigh

]]> By: PG http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/05/31/stop_your_hooki_1/comment-page-2/#comment-140924 PG Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:48:45 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4474#comment-140924 <blockquote>PG, No Tambrams do not do it. The Tambram caste strictly prohibits oral ingestion of tobacco.Other prohibitions in the Tambram caste are: - Dating - Spaghetti straps - Any profession besides law, engineering, medicine and astro-physics - Rock music. Only classical Indian music is allowed( prefrably Carnatic music only) - Watching any film star on screen besides Kamal Hassan, Hema Malini and - Shanghai silk - only kanjeevaram will do - California wine You are welcome</blockquote> <p>Don't forget no sex or even cuddling while wifey is menstruating.</p> PG, No Tambrams do not do it. The Tambram caste strictly prohibits oral ingestion of tobacco.Other prohibitions in the Tambram caste are: - Dating - Spaghetti straps - Any profession besides law, engineering, medicine and astro-physics - Rock music. Only classical Indian music is allowed( prefrably Carnatic music only) - Watching any film star on screen besides Kamal Hassan, Hema Malini and - Shanghai silk – only kanjeevaram will do - California wine You are welcome

Don’t forget no sex or even cuddling while wifey is menstruating.

]]> By: Runa http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/05/31/stop_your_hooki_1/comment-page-2/#comment-140923 Runa Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:45:57 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4474#comment-140923 <blockquote>I wonder how caste plays into hookah smoking in India? Do Tam Brahms do it?</blockquote> <p>PG, No Tambrams do not do it. The Tambram caste strictly prohibits oral ingestion of tobacco.Other prohibitions in the Tambram caste are: - Dating - Spaghetti straps - Any profession besides law, engineering, medicine and astro-physics - Rock music. Only classical Indian music is allowed( prefrably Carnatic music only) - Watching any film star on screen besides Kamal Hassan, Hema Malini and - Shanghai silk - only kanjeevaram will do - California wine</p> <p>You are welcome</p> I wonder how caste plays into hookah smoking in India? Do Tam Brahms do it?

PG, No Tambrams do not do it. The Tambram caste strictly prohibits oral ingestion of tobacco.Other prohibitions in the Tambram caste are: - Dating - Spaghetti straps - Any profession besides law, engineering, medicine and astro-physics - Rock music. Only classical Indian music is allowed( prefrably Carnatic music only) - Watching any film star on screen besides Kamal Hassan, Hema Malini and - Shanghai silk – only kanjeevaram will do - California wine

You are welcome

]]> By: Manju http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/05/31/stop_your_hooki_1/comment-page-1/#comment-140919 Manju Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:20:10 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4474#comment-140919 <blockquote>I wonder how caste plays into hookah smoking in India? Do Tam Brahms do it?</blockquote> <p>i'm sure even the tam brahms enjoy a hot smoking hooker every now and then</p> I wonder how caste plays into hookah smoking in India? Do Tam Brahms do it?

i’m sure even the tam brahms enjoy a hot smoking hooker every now and then

]]> By: PG http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/05/31/stop_your_hooki_1/comment-page-1/#comment-140770 PG Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:14:23 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4474#comment-140770 <p>I wonder how caste plays into hookah smoking in India? Do Tam Brahms do it?</p> I wonder how caste plays into hookah smoking in India? Do Tam Brahms do it?

]]> By: kyrial http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/05/31/stop_your_hooki_1/comment-page-1/#comment-140768 kyrial Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:43:53 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4474#comment-140768 <p>Jeet,</p> <p>Yeah, it's in Fords/ Woodbridge (I forget the actual township addy)... I usually stick a little closer to home and go up to Edison for my nightly indulgence. As long as you're out by around 8:30 or so, it's usually not crowded and you can relax, play cards, backgammon, whatever. If it's too late, I'd all the more rather stick at home and smoke than be in the crowd that shows up.</p> Jeet,

Yeah, it’s in Fords/ Woodbridge (I forget the actual township addy)… I usually stick a little closer to home and go up to Edison for my nightly indulgence. As long as you’re out by around 8:30 or so, it’s usually not crowded and you can relax, play cards, backgammon, whatever. If it’s too late, I’d all the more rather stick at home and smoke than be in the crowd that shows up.

]]> By: Just Wondering http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/05/31/stop_your_hooki_1/comment-page-1/#comment-140672 Just Wondering Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:08:18 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4474#comment-140672 <blockquote>Are smoking rates higher in india, the US, or Europe? would the throat canccer prevalence in india be linked to smoking cigaretes/bidis or is it hookah. which is more popular? could it be genetic? do non smoker indians get a lot of throat cancer? do indians abroad get a lot of throat cancer? there are a lot of ways that could go.</blockquote> <p>All really good points. This was what I've found so far, but it doesn't address all of those issues.</p> <p>http://www.thehindu.com/2005/01/30/stories/2005013000961100.htm</p> <p><b>"Similarly, the world's highest incidence of cancer associated with tobacco was found to be in the districts of central, south, and northeast India."</b></p> Are smoking rates higher in india, the US, or Europe? would the throat canccer prevalence in india be linked to smoking cigaretes/bidis or is it hookah. which is more popular? could it be genetic? do non smoker indians get a lot of throat cancer? do indians abroad get a lot of throat cancer? there are a lot of ways that could go.

All really good points. This was what I’ve found so far, but it doesn’t address all of those issues.

http://www.thehindu.com/2005/01/30/stories/2005013000961100.htm

“Similarly, the world’s highest incidence of cancer associated with tobacco was found to be in the districts of central, south, and northeast India.”

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