Pipes shedding stodgy image after decades of decline. Handsome hand made pipes by Richard Lewis, a Minneapolis pipe maker and seller. Courtesy George Lewis — -- Pipe smoking had long gone the way ...

Yes, yes, it’s old hat by now, you’ve heard all about it. Cigars are hip (ho-hum). They’re sexy (so what else is new?). There are magazines and radio shows and even a Marxist dictator dedicated to ...

After years of casual smoking left me beholden to whatever dumb pipe my friends had on hand, I decided to buy my own piece. And when I finally did, I realized why it had taken me so long. Standing in ...

As I sat down at my desk this morning to write this article, something caused me to take stock of everything on it. A computer, of course, reading glasses, assorted labels and stationery, a couple of ...

Pipe and cigar smokers may think their habit is safer than cigarettes, but both groups are at risk of developing damage to their airways, leading to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease The disease, ...

The habit goes by many names, but whether it's called hookah, shisha, nargile, qalyan, or hubbly bubbly, water pipe smoking is often seen as a less harmful alternative to cigarettes. A growing body of ...

The Middle East has the world’s highest prevalence of water pipe smoking, with the greatest concentration in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine, according to Gemma Vestal from the WHO’s Tobacco Free ...