Need Some Help Please?

[IainUM]

The last couple of weeks every time I smoke after a few pulls I start to gag and then cough. I don't know why exactly this is happening and does anybody have any ideas?

I've smoked almost every day for the last month or so (which is what I am thinking might be the problem) and once I move back to my dorms I'll be smoking a lot less, so maybe it is just too much smoking and I need to take a break?
I thought it might be my hose, since I have a nammor, but it happens with other hoses, too
help?

[dizzbizz]

What kind of coals are you using? This happens to me if I use those knock off silver japanese coals.

[ih303]

What kind of tobacco are you smoking? This happens to me when I smoke Social Smoke tobacco.

[IainUM]

i've been using 3 king coals and mostly nahkla with a little bit of al fahker every now and then

[Cp44]

are you cleaning your hookah? Or might be your lungs telling you to stop lol.

[ryno]

Do you normally use 3 Kings or some other type of coal? Make sure they are lit all the way (red all over or starting to ash). Also, don't light them on the bowl.

[Josh Hamilton]

[quote name='Cp44' date='02 August 2010 - 10:37 AM' timestamp='1280763445' post='477335']
are you cleaning your hookah? Or might be your lungs telling you to stop lol.
[/quote]
+1 to cleaning
one of my hookahs gave a weird flavored smoke from past sessions from not cleaning it...

[IainUM]

yeah, i've cleaned my hookah excessively. i think it must be me. i'm probably taking a short break from hookah soon. of course the coals are lit all the way and not lit on the bowl.

[ryno]

[quote name='IainUM' date='02 August 2010 - 01:25 PM' timestamp='1280769932' post='477344']
yeah, i've cleaned my hookah excessively. i think it must be me. i'm probably taking a short break from hookah soon. of course the coals are lit all the way and not lit on the bowl.
[/quote]

Just had to check the obvious. I've known people to light the coals on top of the bowl and start smoking right away wondering why they get sick. Are you hydrated or smoking on an empty stomach? Also, did you switch from a washed to an unwashed shisha?

[IainUM]

yeah, i've been hydrated and fed. i always have a drink and have eaten before hand. i primarily smoked al fahker and in the last couple weeks i've been smoking more nahkla, maybe that is why?

[ryno]

[quote name='IainUM' date='02 August 2010 - 02:02 PM' timestamp='1280772136' post='477348']
yeah, i've been hydrated and fed. i always have a drink and have eaten before hand. i primarily smoked al fahker and in the last couple weeks i've been smoking more nahkla, maybe that is why?
[/quote]

That could be. Nakhla has a stronger buzz than AF.

[IainUM]

it isnt the buzz, though. i've gotten used to it and barely get one from nahkla

[hookah hippie]

try less heat

[JOE]

your probly burning the bacco, chill with the heat on the startup

[IainUM]

thanks guys, i'll try it with less heat

[Chreees]

How many coals are you using, and how are you applying it to the bowl?

[IainUM]

normally im just using one quick light

[Stuie]

[quote name='hookah hippie' date='02 August 2010 - 02:05 PM' timestamp='1280775905' post='477357']
try less heat
[/quote]

Bingo!

[ryno]

[quote name='IainUM' date='02 August 2010 - 04:00 PM' timestamp='1280779235' post='477378']
normally im just using one quick light
[/quote]

Is it in the middle of the bowl? Try splitting it in half and having the coals on opposite sides of the bowl on the edges.

[IainUM]

i always put it on the sides and put the coal in the middle only at the very end of the session, if ever
i'll try splitting them up when i get some

[A13lackFish]

hmm one coal shouldnt usually make him hack up a lung unless hes real new to the hookah department, what flavor shisha?

[IainUM]

well it isn't making me cough, it is making me gag. like it isnt harsh or anything, it is just me gagging