IN THE EARLY days of cigarettes smoking was a symbolic statement for many women seeking to break some of the bonds of male domination.

Today, after long and successful campaigns against tobacco,  waterpipes and electronic cigarettes  have the in thing,  and  mistakenly perceived  safer  alternative to the paper wrapped deadly weed and groups of young men and women may be seen in restaurants around Panama.taking long drags from  the colorful, trendy  pipes,  But don’t be fooled .

The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Anti-Tobacco Commission warned during a press conference on  Monday, September 28  of the health risks from consuming from  electronic cigarettes and hookahs.
The waterpipe is a way to consume, tobacco flavored or unflavored, by an instrument of one or more tubes, designed for the weed pass through water or other liquid before reaching the smoker.

Electronic cigarettes are nicotine delivery systems.
They electrically heat a sweet liquid which usually contains nicotine to create a spray that is inhaled Currently research is being conducted on these devices and the news is not good for addicts. Who think they may be dodging the cancer and heart disease bullets.
A  systematic review of studies on the prevalence of waterpipe tobacco  in several populations and subpopulations revealed alarmingly high rates of health problems.
The belief that snuff inhaling smoke through water is less harmful than smoking cigarettes is widespread and contributes to the growing popularity and acceptance of water pipes.
Laboratory tests of  water pipes  provide evidence of  quantifiable levels of carcinogens and toxic substances such as nitric oxide and heavy metals.
These toxins have been linked to addiction, with lung and heart disease, and cancer in cigarette smokers, and may have similar consequences for users of water pipes if the body absorbs these toxic substances in significant quantities.
C ompared to cigarette smokers, smokers of  water pipes suffer a much higher carbon monoxide (CO) exposure.
Water pipe smoking has serious physiological and health effects that are measurable.

Several studies document that consumers waterpipe tobacco  have an increased heart rate and blood pressure, and have other acute cardiovascular events, lung deficiency and reduced exercise capacity, increased lung inflammation, strokes and poisoning.