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Use to smoke hookah daily at 16 and stopped at 18.5, my height is 5f8 and dad's 5f9, grow up without mother, can smoking stunted my growth or poor diet?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Height stunted?: It is unlikely that your hookah use stunted your growth. But the bigger issue is learning that you are oay now regardless of your height.

Answered 6/30/2013

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

I don't know?: The natural history of nicotine dependence in teens study (funded by the canadian cancer society) published in the journal annals of epidemiology (17 march 2008) showed that on average, teenage boys who smoked were 2.54 cm shorter than their non-smoking counterparts. I have not reviewed this study – so i can not comment on the quality of the research.

Answered 10/7/2013

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