Keep Sanjaya Away From Hookahs!

TMZ reports that the National Enquirer acquired a photo showing Momjaya with a hookah and lighter.

The question is, what was she smoking?
Before you get in Sanjaya Weed Watch high alert mode, let's take a step back.

For the uninitiated, a hookah is a multi-stemmed, often glass-based water pipe device for smoking. Alice in Wonderland featured a hookah smoker.

Hookahs, when legally used, can be filled with fruit-flavored tobacco.

Hookahs, when illegally used, can be filled with hashish or opium.

It is estimated that hookahs are legally used daily, for hours on end, by over a hundred million men and women, in Asia, Europe and Africa, at the local coffee shop or at home.

Before you rush out and pick up a bong, USA Today reported that not everything is rosy about hookahs:

• A hookah, which is smoked for about 45 minutes, delivers 36 times more tar than a cigarette, 15 times more carbon monoxide and 70% more nicotine.

• In a June 2004 study, Jane Henley, an epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society, found that men who smoked water pipes had five times the risk of lung cancer as non-smokers.

The most damning thing about hookah smoking?

A study in the Journal of Periodontology found that water pipes smokers were five times more likely than non-smokers to show signs of gum disease.

The last thing we need is a toothless Sanjaya!

------
What do you think is in the hookah Momjaya is smoking?