Water-pipe smokers: 82 subjects, aged 56 ± 10 y Cigarette smokers: 103 subjects, aged 46 ± 14 y Water-pipe smokers who quit cigarette smoking: 95 subjects, aged 54 ± 12 y Nonsmokers: 117 subjects, ...

In hookah smoking, pipes are filled with tobacco extracts or shisha. Shisha is often a mix of tobacco and fruit, mint, or molasses sugar that is processed specifically for use in water pipes. Hookah ...

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 ...

You've likely heard that smoking cigarettes raises your risk for lung cancer, heart disease and stroke, but what about pipe smoking? Like cigarettes, smoking a pipe can have serious health ...

While cigarette smoking is still a leading cause of preventable death, the last 50 years have witnessed tremendous strides in curbing the disease-causing practice. But in a scientific statement ...

Smoking tobacco through a hookah is a pastime gaining popularity among the college crowd, but many of them mistakenly believe that using the fragrant water pipe is less harmful than smoking cigarettes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Smoking waterpipe tobacco exclusively increased risk for cancer death more than smoking cigarettes only. Smoking ...

Smoking a water pipe or hookah may be chic, but the carbon monoxide, nicotine, tar and heavy metals contained in the smoke pose often-ignored health threats, researchers have reported. Carbon monoxide ...

Background: Water-pipe smoking (WPS) is the most widespread tobacco use in the Middle-East, and is rapidly spreading globally. Smoke from WP contains most of the compounds present in cigarette smoke, ...

Flavored tobacco is one of the major factors behind the popularity of waterpipe smoking in the United States and internationally, a recent FIU study found. Researchers at Stempel College examined the ...