Hookah + asthma?

Posted Oct 20, 2011 by Lindsay Peterson

Updated Oct 20, 2011 at 01:52 PM

If you have asthma, it’s not really a good idea to smoke a hookah, even though a lot of people think it’s a milder alternative to cigarettes.

But if you want to hear it from someone who knows, there’s an event tonight at the Marshall Center, from 6-7 p.m. in room 3712.

And if you stick around after the short discussion, you can get some free pizza and, of course, learn to belly dance.

The event is part of a project at USF and other universities around the country called Bringing Science Home.

The idea is to make life a little easier for college students who have chronic illnesses, such as asthma and diabetes.

Money for Bringing Science Home comes from The Patterson Foundation.

It established a $5.6 partnership with USF Health last year and just announced that it was extending that from three to five years.

It’s also setting up a dollar-for-dollar $2 million matching challenge.

If you have asthma, you can get more information about the program at USF on the Facebook page here.

Go here for more information about hookah smoking and people with asthma and allergies.