WHAT WE FOUND First, it seems intuitively fairly obvious - a hookah pipe, if not well disinfected, involves a lot of mouth contact and therefore the potential sharing of fluids.

Hookah-tobacco users might want to rethink how they heat up their water pipes, based on new research. Tobacco in hookah pipes is normally burned with specially made charcoal briquettes, which can ...

Smoke from a hookah pipe contains high levels of carbon monoxide, tar, heavy metals and other known chemicals which cause cancer (carcinogens)- just as high as those who smoke cigarettes.

Actually, hookahs are tobacco pipes with water in them — inanimate objects, unlike women who charge money for sex. But like prostitutes, they are dirty, expensive and extremely popular among ...

Water pipes, also known as hookah, shisha and a host of other names, are a common social activity in the Middle East and has been growing in popularity: a 2011 study found more than 40% of college ...

Home Health Opinion Are hookah pipes more dangerous than cigarettes? With its hippie look and fruit-flavored tobaccos, the communal water pipe may seem like innocent fun. But some say the hookah ...

Saginaw Poorly burning charcoal in hookah pipe may contribute to carbon monoxide poisoning Updated: Mar. 16, 2011, 10:00 p.m. | Published: Mar. 16, 2011, 9:00 p.m. By Lindsay Knake | [email protected] ...

In the United States, water pipe tobacco usage traditionally had been most popular among people of Middle Eastern ancestry. However, a 2009 survey found that three in 10 university students had smoked ...

Watch CBS News Best Hookah Bars In Pittsburgh November 20, 2014 / 7:00 AM EST / CBS Pittsburgh A longstanding tradition, the hookah is a water pipe that is used to smoke flavored or sweetened tobacco.