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Can smoking hookah/waterpipe/shisha reduce my growth potential if i smoked between ages 16-18 everyday?it was right before my growth spurt and i'm 5'7

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Dr. Oscar Novick answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Hooka: Yes smoking could have affected your growth.

Answered 4/25/2017

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