How bad is it to smoke hookah?

I'm visiting my friend in India and I went out with her and all her friends the other night, and everyone was smoking cigarettes or cigars, which I didn't do. But they were also smoking hookah, and I took a few hits. I'm probably not planning on smoking it anytime in the near future, but just wondering if it's as harmful to your body as cigarettes and other smoking devices are.

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