Used medicinally by Native Americans for centuries, Monotropa uniflora — a.k.a. ghost pipe — is having a moment on social media. Not everybody is happy about it.

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 ...

Gathered around tables inside a crowded cafe near the University of Arizona, young smokers inhale flavored tobacco from hoses attached to water pipes that are intended for sharing.

Republican congressman Darrell Issa of San Diego County and Democrat Don Davis of North Carolina have introduced the Hookah Clarification Act of 2024 to equally tax hookah waterpipe tobacco and ...

They carry a certain "coolness factor" and sound like they might be a healthier alternative to tobacco, but are they really safer to smoke? Not really, experts say. "Even herbal cigarettes with no ...

The County Council passed a bill last week regulating hookah lounges, vape shops, and late-night establishments, setting new operating hour restrictions and penalties for violations.

The art of smoking shisha, also known as hookah or waterpipe, has its roots in the Middle East and has become more popular worldwide over the years. Shisha is a flavored tobacco that can be enjoyed at ...

Hamid’s lawyer, Dean Davison, told BIV that he represented two hookah stores in Burnaby in 2021, when the City of Burnaby was attempting to close hookah lounges in that suburb because there was ...