Pipe and cigar smokers often wave off worries that smoking is bad for their health. They claim their habit is harmless and perpetuate the common misperception that pipes and cigars are somehow safer ...

Some argue that pipe smoking is far less harmful than smoking cigarettes. But this assumption is based on several old myths that don’t stand up to more recent research. Here’s what we know. It’s ...

February 17, 2010 — Pipe and cigar smoking has been found to increase urine cotinine levels and is associated with decreased lung function and increased odds of airflow obstruction, even in ...

Young adults who smoke tobacco from a water pipe, or hookah, are more likely to use illicit drugs, a cross-sectional Canadian study showed. Among Montreal residents ages 18 to 24, one-third of those ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is evidence that water pipe tobacco or hookah smoking may present risk for CVD, but further research is ...