This holiday, talk to your kids about smoking — and not just cigarettes. A new study shows that young people who smoke hookah, or water pipe tobacco, are twice as likely to pick up a cigarette habit. ...

For years, many people have been convinced that smoking tobacco in a hookah is less harmful than cigarettes because the tobacco is filtered through water. It's risen in popularity among young people, ...

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 ...

Cigarette use among youths might be declining, but another kind of unhealthy smoke is blowing in. (ViaGetty Images) New research shows a 21 percent increase among high school seniors over the past ...

Legislation passed by the House of Representatives to ban flavored electronic cigarettes would outlaw the flavored tobaccos used in hookah pipes. The bill, the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act ...

(Reuters Health) - Almost 10 percent of 11th and 12th graders are using e-cigarettes, and other alternative tobacco products are increasingly popular, according to a new study. Young people often use ...

In front of the pale tower of Los Angeles City Hall, Janet Azhand delivered an impassioned speech in Farsi, surrounded by hookah sellers bearing signs that urged officials to “Save Hookah” and ...