In recent decades, smoking tobacco through a water pipe, or hookah, has gained popularity worldwide, including in the U.S. -- especially among young adults. Research finds that around 1 in 5 college ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hookah cafes are gaining in popularity around the world from Britain to Russia to the United States. Use in college students and youths is increasing, with ~15-17% of high school seniors and 22-40% of ...

AUSTIN (American Heart Association) – While cigarette smoking has hit an all-time low, another form of tobacco use is rising in popularity – hookah smoking – and researchers are concerned there’s a ...

With the decline in cigarette smoking, students have taken to other ‘safer’ forms of smoking, especially hookah smoking. However, a pioneering study shows that a single puff from a hookah exposes the ...

Smoking hookah tobacco negatively impacts heart rate and blood pressure and connections have been made between smoking the waterpipes regularly and increased risk of coronary artery disease, a new ...

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, ...

Smoking hookah tobacco acutely impairs blood vessels' ability to function, according to preliminary research. Smoking hookah tobacco acutely impairs blood vessels' ability to function, according to ...

People who smoke a hookah or inhale secondhand hookah smoke may be breathing in the chemical benzene, a substance that previous research has linked with an increased risk of leukemia, according to a ...

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 ...