Overview. 1  Hookahs are water pipes that are used to smoke specially made tobacco that comes in different flavors, such as apple, mint, cherry, chocolate, coconut, licorice, cappuccino, and watermelon. 2  1,2. 3  Although many users think it is less harmful, hookah smoking has many of the same health risks as cigarette smoking. While many hookah smokers may think this practice is less harmful than smoking cigarettes, hookah smoking has many of the same health risks as cigarette smoking. 2  1,2. 3  Water pipe smoking delivers nicotineâthe same highly addictive drug found in other tobacco products.
Care farming is the therapeutic use of farming practices. Care farms use the whole or part of a farm, provide health, social or educational care services for one or a range of vulnerable groups of people and provide a supervised, structured programme of farming-related activities.
Care farming is often described as a unique way to provide an improved quality of life for an individual, or for a group of people. Many people consider it to be to an alternative form of treatment or medicine. Those who get into care farming often do so with a health goal in mind. This type of health goal might include physical, social, educational, or therapeutic health. Care farms are supervised and structured, as the people who run them tend to watch over the well-being of the entire group. Medical scientists and doctors have been touting care farms for many years as a viable way to help people. The health benefits of care farms are great for people who have a variety of ailments. For example, some people who have lost functionality or who have become dependent on others, are introduced to care farms. These people are often able to do the manual labor necessary to make the garden become successful.