In some areas, using a hookah is the new “social smoking” trend in bars and restaurants. Cigarette smoking has significantly declined in the past decade, but the popularity of hookahs is increasing. A ...

Hookah bars, lounges, and cafes have popped up all over the country. If you pass by one, it may look inviting. Many people think hookah is safe and fun, but it has health risks just like any tobacco ...

Shisha, also known as hookah, waterpipe, or other names around the world is a tobacco smoking technique that involves the use of a particular pipe filled with water. It originated in India and is ...

A hookah is a water pipe used to smoke tobacco. It’s also called a shisha (or sheesha), hubble-bubble, narghile, and goza. The word “hookah” refers to the pipe, not the contents of the pipe. The ...

Several state lawmakers have taken action to ban hookah lounges. June 1, 2011— -- Jeff Burt has always enjoyed the smoothness and fruity flavors of a hookah's smoke. The 28-year-old has smoked ...

I've been visiting this little hookah bar near me for the past two years or so, on and off, and last weekend, while visiting with mat, ephrog, and waubers, I finally bought a small hookah.<BR><BR>I ...

For years, many people have been convinced that smoking tobacco in a hookah is less harmful than cigarettes because the tobacco is filtered through water. It's risen in popularity among young people, ...

The research found that 40.3 percent reported having smoked tobacco from a hookah, and 17.3 percent said they actively used hookahs. The hookah smokers were most likely to live within 10 miles of a ...

Nearly one in five recently surveyed high school seniors report having smoked tobacco from a hookah in the past year, and more than a third of them reported smoking hookahs often enough to be ...

People smoking hookah in their homes generate carbon monoxide, a toxic gas, and tiny pollution particles known as PM 2.5 at levels at least double those produced by cigarettes, according to a recent ...

A hookah is a water pipe that allows a person to smoke tobacco, often combining it with sweet flavors, such as apple, chocolate, coconut, licorice, or watermelon. People have used hookahs for ...