Smoked only once...

One shouldn't be anything to harm you, and I don't even know if it is addictive, so I think you should stop worrying. Next time, be firm and say you don't want to. If they have any respect for you they won't care. Just tell them you don't want to do it and it should be fine.

personally, I have never smoked, but Im pretty sure one time isnt going to harm you, as long as you dont smoke again

If I were you, I'd stab the people that did this to you.

[quote name='Westside' post='1671761' date='Dec 30 2008, 01:22 PM']a week ago I smoked Hookah (Shisha) with some friends and I am now regretting it. I never smoked again since, and don't feel any addiction to it, however, how bad will this affect my fitness level? I've heard tons of stories about how it affects your lungs and stuff... I'm so stupid... peer pressure is gay.[/quote]

You say you smoked from a Hookah, was the shisha heated via lighter or coal? If it was with a coal, you're in luck. Thats the proper way to smoke a hookah. While there are no health benefits to smoking ANYTHING at all, you've smoked it the best way possible. The heat from the coals heats up the tobacco, and the chemicals are released w/out the carcinogens held in smoke (released from direct flame... burning the tobacco). If it WAS with a lighter, it was worse than w/ coal... but one time won't be a problem.

As well, the only addictive nature to a hookah (shisha hookah, not smoking anything else through it ) would be the relaxing breathing that goes along with it. I mean, i'm sure there COULD be other things that could happen addiction-wise, but really, don't worry about it. Especially if you only hit it once.

No worries mang. And, yes, peer pressure is a complete shit. Even if its not direct, it still affects those around. But, as cliche as it sounds, just say "no."

Holy shit bro i just did it for the first time yesterday and that was my first time smoking as well. The thing is though i have asthma and even though it isnt serious anymore for me, i do feel tightness in my chest ever since doing the hookah......also i do track doing it once wont kill me in track now right ? It was the coal hookah as well.

You act like smoking is such a death-causing thing.

First off...what were you smoking? Was it just bud or what?

Also, smoked using a hookah, not smoking hookah, haha.
I've smoked bud using a hookah once, so yeah.

In all honesty, smoking bud is NOT bad at all for you, unless of course you're an idiot and throw away tons of money on it constantly. It isn't going to corrupt that body or anything. It's literally just a plant that is burned. It has no extra stuff in it at all, unlike cigs.


Also, people seem to freak out thinking that it is an addicting substance. It isn't! I have smoked on many occasions, and never am I geeking out and craving a joint or anything. It's totally not true.


No worries.
Don't Freak.

Ya smoking one time won't cause any problems. Think of it this way, have you ever smelled a brush fire? There's plenty of smoke in the air from those things. I think I've been around those more than second hand from cigarettes. Plus now my dad's saying where I live is as unhealthy as smoking a certain amount of cigarettes per month. I'm not sure about that since I don't live in a basin like LA though but it could be, there's plenty of pollution here.

Well I don't really worry about smoke and being around cigarettes is fine usually, some are pretty gross though I don't know why. Like some second hand smoke from cigarettes makes my throat feel bad, while other cigarettes don't have that same effect. Kinda weird.

You tried it, you didn't like it, no problem. Don't beat yourself up too much over the peer pressure thing, you were probably just curious and having tried it once you now know why you don't want to do it again. If your friends give you grief next time tell them where to stick it

Nothing will happen. Smoking once doesn't do anything. I used to smoke about 2 years ago. Not a lot and after awhile I didn't feel like doing it anymore. It hasn't had any lasting effects on me.

I've heard only things like cigarettes are addictive, because of the chemicals in them, like nicotine. If that stuff didn't have nicotine, it's alright.

If it makes you feel better, maybe you should take some cod liver. Good for your immune system.

was it tobacco or weed? i've smoked shisha tobacco lots of times. it may not be healthy, but if its coal burned, it isn't that harmful. if it's only the one time, there will be no noticeable side effects, so relax.

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'Twas Charcoal and Tobacco.

Cancer cures smoking. But one time - you won't have any problems.

@CPhantom - "You act like smoking is such a death-causing thing." Then you followed that up with your "facts" that bud is not bad at all for you and non-addictive based on your personal experience. Sounds like you're a kid who hasn't been around many smokers.

Hookers are smoked now!?

Oh man!!! You smoked it once!?!?!? Your doomed man. I give you another week at most.







lol.

Dude it wont do anything to you.

[quote name='Mei-o' post='1672861' date='Dec 30 2008, 10:40 PM']Hookers are smoked now!? [/quote]

Hookah
I hope you weren't serious

You will probably develop lung cancer in the next couple of years.

@Amptor In all honesty, smoking bud is NOT bad at all for you, unless of course you're an idiot and throw away tons of money on it constantly. It isn't going to corrupt that body or anything. It's literally just a plant that is burned. It has no extra stuff in it at all, unlike cigs.

Hate to tell you this buddy, but smoking pot does have negative health side effects. Your lungs are not equipped to inhale smoke, and thus regardless of the kind of smoke it will damage your lungs, weed just doesn't have the overwhelming amount of carcenogens that ciggs do.

As a bud smoker, I accept that it still bad for my lungs, but if you're one of the "Weed is not bad for you cause its a plant" people you need to do your research brother. I don't care what is in what inhaling smoke is bad for you.

If you want to make it healthier cut the smoke out by getting a vapourizer. Volcanoes are a popular model, but Smoke Bros make some decent affordable vapourizers aswell

[quote name='Awdofgum' post='1672874' date='Dec 31 2008, 10:46 AM'][quote name='Mei-o' post='1672861' date='Dec 30 2008, 10:40 PM']Hookers are smoked now!? [/quote]

Hookah
I hope you weren't serious
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Of course I wasn't, and I do also happen to know what a Hookah is!