A couple of years ago, I was walking down to a bookstore in West Hollywood when I noticed a group of young men at Pi on Sunset smoking a rather large, exotic looking pipe. All too quickly, I learned ...

Thanks to its sweet smell and taste, hookah has gained popularity in recent years, especially among teens and young adults. Hookah users inhale smoke, which is generated by heating hookah tobacco that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In recent decades, smoking tobacco through a water pipe, or hookah, has gained popularity worldwide, including in the U.S. -- ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s a tobacco smoking style with many names: hookah, shisha, narghile, goza, and hubble-bubble, to name a few. Invented in India in the 15th century, water-pipe smoking has long been popular in the ...

Behind the fragrant smoke and social atmosphere of hookah lounges lies a growing public health concern that medical experts increasingly warn about. As hookah bars multiply across urban centers and ...

Gathered around tables inside a crowded cafe near the University of Arizona, young smokers inhale flavored tobacco from hoses attached to water pipes that are intended for sharing. Smoke with a sweet ...

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 ...