The rising popularity of hookah lounges across global cities has created a dangerous misconception: that water pipe smoking offers a safer alternative to cigarettes. Medical experts and recent ...

During a typical hookah smoking session, you'll inhale 100 to 200 times the volume of smoke that you'd get from a cigarette. Water pipes deliver at least as much nicotine and toxins as cigarettes ...

Hookah and chewing tobacco have long been embedded in Indian culture. Whether it is the leisurely puff of a hookah in a ...

Smoking hookah, also known as water pipe smoking or shisha, has gained popularity worldwide as a social activity. While it may seem like a fun and relaxing pastime, the effects of smoking hookah ...

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Also called waterpipe tobacco and shisha, hookah has been around since the 16th century. Traditionally, a hookah pipe and bowl were made of coconut, while modern waterpipe tobacco is made of metal ...

The hookah and its use as a calming, recreational tool goes back at least to the 17th century, but Reza Bavar’s love of the pipe goes back ... effects of hookah smoke. Reza Bavar tells the ...

It’s the exotic pipe-smoking trend that is growing in popularity in Ireland. More people are taking to smoking trendy hookah pipes in the belief that they do not pose a hazard. But doctors here ...

a tax of $2.8311 per pound would be assessed on both pipe and waterpipe tobacco manufactured in or imported to the U.S. The bill also establishes the first legal definitions for both hookah and ...

Plans to open a shisha bar and shawarma restaurant in the garden of a barber shop have sparked concerns among neighbours. The proposals would see the creation of a temporary shisha bar for seasonal ...

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents confiscated what turned out to be a smoking pipe shaped like a replica handgun Thursday as the airport geared up for a busy travel weekend.