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Dr. Andrew Ting: “More Teens Are Lighting Up Hookahs, Says Study”

  • Healthline
  • New York, NY
  • (July 07, 2014)

American youth are giving thumbs down to smoking cigarettes, but their use of smoking hookah is climbing, suggesting more education is needed to inform the public about the health dangers of this alternative form of smoking. Andrew Ting, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, and Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, said, “Pediatric lung specialists will always be worried when children and teenagers are inhaling substances of unknown provenance. Besides possibly triggering asthma attacks, the potential toxicity of these unregulated plant materials is of major concern.” Learn more