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Because hookah smoking is typically done in groups, passing the same mouthpiece from person to person in the group, there are special concerns related to hookah use, including the risk of transmitting tuberculosis, herpes, and/or hepatitis and other infectious diseases
No one benefits from the very real, serious and significant diseases caused by smoking." [83] Between 1970 and 1995, per-capita cigarette consumption in poorer developing countries increased by 67 percent, while it dropped by 10 percent in the richer developed world

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