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Does a hookah pen affect your health ?
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Yes: Especially if they have nicotine! you must be old enough to purchase cigarettes to purchase this pen.
Answered 8/9/2013
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Yes: Per the Mayo Clinic: "smoke contains high levels of toxic compounds, including tar, carbon monoxide, heavy metals and cancer-causing chemicals (carcinogens). In fact, hookah smokers are exposed to more carbon monoxide and smoke than are cigarette smokers." REF: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/quit-smoking/expert-answers/hookah/faq-20057920. "Hookah smoking is not safer than cigarett
Answered 9/22/2019
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