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Can you smoke hookah if you recently quit cigarettes, and not be addicted to nicotine?
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No: That's like an alcoholic giving up scotch and switching to vodka. Its tobacco, and its still addicting, still harmful, still a carcinogen.
Answered 8/31/2012
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