Smoking a hookah or water pipe isn't safe, either, according to the Mayo Clinic, because it contains tobacco that's no less harmful to your health than cigarettes.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Most people are aware of the dangers of cigarette smoking but when it comes to pipe and cigar smoke a significant number of people believe it is no issue. They're wrong.

Weitzman and a colleague, Terry Gordon, are looking at the effect of water pipe smoking on indoor air quality in homes. Their study, which has not yet been published, collected air samples from 33 ...

The aim of this study was to determine whether pipe and cigar smoking resulted in absorption of tobacco smoke, as assessed by urine cotinine levels, as well as decrements in lung function and ...

Pipe smoking has a routine to it that requires one’s full attention. The doctor thought it would be relaxing for dad. My father always liked to say, “Don’t take life too seriously.

In many countries these pipes are seen as safe enough to be exempt from legislation on smoking in public places. But the idea that these pipes are harmless is a myth. Smoke on the water ...

So, the 39-year-old Lowell woman is not exactly sure how she managed to out-smoke other veteran pipe smokers to win an Oct. 29 contest billed as a `world' pipe smoking competition.