The hookah, once considered a cultural symbol of the subcontinent, is rapidly fading into history. Once an essential feature of every rural sitting area and urban gathering place, the hookah has now ...

Beyond that, the scientific literature on hookahs contains several warnings about how herpes - and in some cases other, even more concerning infections - can spread through hookah use.

Here's what the research says on being able to get herpes from hookah, after a viral post generated discussion on the subject.

Smoking a hookah may be as damaging to blood vessels as smoking cigarettes, a new study suggests. Hookahs, also known as water pipes, have been touted as a harmless alternative to cigarettes, but ...

Californians will decide Nov. 8 whether to approve a statewide ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes. But the measure, known as Proposition 31, exempts hookah ...

Eldorado Park community leaders on Wednesday moved to ban hookah pipes in the area’s spaza shops. Leaders of the Eldorado Park community, who have been camping in tents outside the Eldorado Park ...

This type of bubbling tobacco water pipe was once ubiquitous in Cairo’s countless cafes. But since last year, shishas have been banned in public to stem the spread of the coronavirus.