A 20-year-old contracted tuberculosis from smoking a trendy hookah pipe, doctors have warned. Medics believe he contracted TB from the mouthpiece of a hookah pipe, which are often passed around friends during smoking sessions. A 20-year-old contracted tuberculosis from smoking hookah pipes. They say physicians must quiz patients about their hookah smoking habits if TB is suspected. The dose of CO from a single waterpipe smoking session was equivalent to a dose of CO from 12 cigarettes, the authors wrote.

Source: Daily Mail December 27, 2019 14:13 UTC