{
  "id": 18486725,
  "title": "Shisha water does not remove harmful substances; users inhale more smoke – Neurosurgeon warns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/shisha-water-does-not-remove-harmful-substances-users-inhale-more",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T10:40:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/shisha-water-does-not-remove-harmful-substances-users-inhale-more-smoke-neurosurgeon-warns/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Senior neurosurgeon Dr Hadi Mohammed Abdullah has cautioned shisha users against assuming that passing the smoke through water makes it safe, warning that the process cools the smoke and allows them to inhale larger quantities. He said the flavours added to shisha also create a misleading impression that the product is harmless or does not […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}