FYI - the tobacco in a hookah or shisha is meant to be inhaled haha. If you don't go over board (i.e. smoke 2, 3, 4 sets in one setting) you can acquire a nice little tobacco buzz without getting sick. It was used historically for theraputic reasons, and I suppose you can relate it to cigarettes but it's definitely not the same - it's similar because both are forms of tobacco but shisha is a natural, flavored tobacco leaf whereas your ciggie butts contain nasty additives.
my uncle gave us some tobacco once it came directly from Turkey, it had a name that began with a (P) cant remember.. after smoking this shit, Rolled it up... Our heads were going (Dong dong dong, wooopp wooppp wooopp) . I swear to God it was like a nitrous high for a few minutes.. You felt your chest burning the smoke was strong and acidic and really dark.. I didnt puke but one of my friends did... We were on a golf course smoking this shit and we were fucked up... dizzy drunk high I recall..
i, too, have puked from hookah. didn't even smoke much, but i had just woken up and was pretty baked. smoked 10 cigarettes once when i was drunk, the first 6 back to back and the last 4 all at once. had to lay down for 2 hours before i could walk home. felt really really weak -- no hallucinations, nothing fun.
I just smoked some tobacoo from my medicine bag and its been in there forever.. I feel really dizzy from a half a rolly..