Some argue that pipe smoking is far less harmful than smoking cigarettes. But this assumption is based on several old myths that don’t stand up to more recent research. Here’s what we know. It’s ...

You've likely heard that smoking cigarettes raises your risk for lung cancer, heart disease and stroke, but what about pipe smoking? Like cigarettes, smoking a pipe can have serious health ...

Pipe smoking isn’t an art; it’s a habit. It has died for a number of good reasons, including the fact that many people can’t abide the smell—even cigarette and cigar smokers. It’s also time-consuming, ...

Pipe and cigar smokers often wave off worries that smoking is bad for their health. They claim their habit is harmless and perpetuate the common misperception that pipes and cigars are somehow safer ...

Young adults who smoked water pipes in hookah bars had elevated levels of nicotine, cotinine, tobacco-related cancer-causing agents, and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in their urine, and this may ...

Pipe and cigar smoking is linked to faster lung function decline and higher mortality, even among people who have never ...

Introduction : smoking pipes and culture / Sean M. Rafferty and Rob Mann -- "They pass their lives in smoke, and at death fall into the fire" : smoking pipes and mortuary ritual during the Early ...