Abstract

Tobacco use in any form of preventable cause for disease and death across the globe. Most severely affected countries are from low and middle income [1]. Tobacco use is second major leading cause of death and is currently responsible for the death of one in ten adults across the world. Tobacco use is a major risk factor for many health problems. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that over one billion individuals recently smoke tobacco, with approximately five million deaths a year being attributed to tobacco. If this pattern of smoking continues, WHO estimates that tobacco-attributable mortality will exceed eight million deaths per year by 2030 (WHO, 2008). Shisha is also known as Narghile, hookah, Hubble bubble and water pipe in different cultures and countries. It is a way of smoking tobacco in which the vapor passes through water before inhalation. At present, Shisha is becoming an increasingly popular way of smoking use worldwide. It finds the way from Eastern Mediterranean region, and is now gaining popularity in western countries including Australia, UK, Canada and USA. Recently shisha has been considered as a global threat and given the status of an epidemic by public health officials. Tobacco smoke contains over 4800 different chemicals out of which 69 are carcinogens and several others are tumor promoters. According to the Expert warns against smoking shisha- Arab News in 2018: Smoking Hookah, a water pipe used to smoke shisha and flavored tobacco and it has become more popular among teenagers and young adults. Cigarette smoking has significantly declined in the past decade, but the popularity of hookah is increasing. The hookah is a water pipe that uses charcoal to heat shisha - a flavored blend of herbal substances. Some shisha contains tobacco, which has nicotine and can be addictive. Smoke from hookahs can contain carbon monoxide and other toxic chemicals known to increase the risks for smokingrelated cancers, heart disease and lung disease. This trend is attracting more teenagers and young adults. The rate of those students who ever tried hookah went up from about 9 percent to 13 percent between 2008 and 2014. Knowledge of students regarding shisha is that because the smoke passes through water, the vapor is less harmful. The amount of puffs taken during an hour-long hookah session could be about 10 times more than when smoking just one cigarette. People should have more information about what the consequences are for whatever they use. It’s about protecting the consumer. Secondhand smoke from Hookahs can also be a health risk for non-smokers and kids. Three most common places for teenagers to smoke hookah is in their own home, a friend’s house, or another family member’s home. Shisha tobacco is more flavorful than cigarettes coming in a variety of fruits and floral aromas, it contains same toxicants known to cause lung cancer, heart diseases, respiratory problems, mouth cancer and complications during pregnancy. In Saudi Arabia the scenario, 63.8% students start smoking shisha at ages of 16–18 years [2] youth mainly in the university and college students. Thus, the investigator being the specialist in the area of community health nursing focus attention towards to study knowledge about shisha smoking and its health effects among college girl students.

Keywords:Knowledge; Shisha smoking; Health; Effects; Girls; College students