DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: My 17-year-old son just left for the "hookah bar." He said this is a popular social activity where you sit around outdoors smoking flavored tobacco from a shared water pipe. He ...

In some areas, using a hookah is the new “social smoking” trend in bars and restaurants. Cigarette smoking has significantly declined in the past decade, but the popularity of hookahs is increasing. A ...

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 ...

Cigarette use is declining among young people at the same time that hookah smoking is gaining in popularity, says a new study that finds nearly 1 out 5 high school seniors used the water pipe device ...

A lawmaker wants to snuff out the growth of the city’s hookah bars – saying herbal smoke from the lounges’ water pipes is just as dangerous as cigarettes. City Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-Brooklyn) ...

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 ...

According to a new study by researchers at New York University's Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, nearly one in five high school seniors have smoked hookah at least once in the past year. And ...

People smoking hookah in their homes generate carbon monoxide, a toxic gas, and tiny pollution particles known as PM 2.5 at levels at least double those produced by cigarettes, according to a recent ...