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 ...

While many view water pipes as safer tobacco enjoyment, evidence says otherwise. Feb. 12, 2008 — -- The sweet-smelling tobacco smoke wafts dreamily into the relaxed atmosphere of the hookah bar.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you thought it was only cigarettes that were dangerous to smoke, think again: People who smoke cigars or pipes have a heightened risk of airway damage that could put ...

It causes increased risk of stroke, heart disease, chronic lung disease and cancers from the throat to the rectum. So who exactly is going to be celebrating International Pipe Smoking Day tomorrow?

In the early 1890s, one British visitor to the Korean Peninsula declared that “the chief sources of expense to a [Korean] man lie in his clothes and his pipe.” Pipe smoking was an integral part of ...

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 ...