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 ...

The hookah, also known as sheesha or goza, was once seen only in Bollywood movies, being puffed at by spoilt nawabs and patrons of the nautch girls. Today, this age-old tradition has come back as a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smoking hookah can be addictive and harmful, though many dabblers may not realize the dangers, according to a new review. "The cooled and sweetened flavor of hookah tobacco ...

Dear Straight Talk: My 17-year-old son just left for the "hookah bar." He said this is a popular social activity where you sit around outdoors smoking flavored tobacco from a shared water pipe. He ...

The use of hookahs — pipes that bubble tobacco smoke through water before you puff — doubled among middle- and high-schoolers in just one year. Now it’s on par with cigarette use in school-age kids, a ...