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A member asked:
Is it possible to stunt growth by smoking hookah daily for just 2 years at the ages 16-18?im short and light boned, small framed and was late bloomer.
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Many causes: Your height is the product of many factors, from genes to environmental exposures and nutrition. It is unlikely that smoking tobacco by itself resulted in your stature, but to find out more you should see your provider.
Answered 3/2/2014
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Unsure: A Université de Montréal study of 1,293 teens over a 5 yr period. funded by Canadian Cancer Society indicated “a boy who smokes 10 cigarettes a day from age 12 to 17 will be about an inch shorter than a boy who does not smoke at all.” https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080331135155.htm. I was unable to find the actual study to review it. I haven’t seen this reported elsewhere.
Answered 9/20/2019
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5f8 w/ small body frame, dad's 5f9 big frame, i grow up with dad only, never had growth spurt, never worked out, use to smoke hookah daily, stunt grwt?
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