Pipes shedding stodgy image after decades of decline. Handsome hand made pipes by Richard Lewis, a Minneapolis pipe maker and seller. Courtesy George Lewis — -- Pipe smoking had long gone the way ...

As I sat down at my desk this morning to write this article, something caused me to take stock of everything on it. A computer, of course, reading glasses, assorted labels and stationery, a couple of ...

The closest we can come to determining the origin of pipe smoking is from archaeological evidence indicating the existence of the hookah in Persia in 5,000 B.C. (Some scholars believe it originated in ...

Water pipe smoking, such as hookah or bong smoking, affects lung function and respiratory symptoms as much as cigarette smoking, new research shows. A new study published in the journal Respirology ...

The habit goes by many names, but whether it's called hookah, shisha, nargile, qalyan, or hubbly bubbly, water pipe smoking is often seen as a less harmful alternative to cigarettes. A growing body of ...

Objectives To estimate the risk of dying from all causes and from specified smoking-related diseases in men who were exclusive daily pipe smokers at two consecutive examinations, and in men who ...

Pipe and cigar smokers may think their habit is safer than cigarettes, but both groups are at risk of developing damage to their airways, leading to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease The disease, ...

After years of casual smoking left me beholden to whatever dumb pipe my friends had on hand, I decided to buy my own piece. And when I finally did, I realized why it had taken me so long. Standing in ...