(CNN) — There is good news and bad news in the latest report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on tobacco use in middle and high school students: Although adolescents have been smoking ...

New research suggests the use of hookah steam stones - commonly considered a safer alternative to cigarette smoking - could be leaving users with a dangerous, false sense of security. The findings out ...

Behind the fragrant smoke and social atmosphere of hookah lounges lies a growing public health concern that medical experts increasingly warn about. As hookah bars multiply across urban centers and ...

Tobacco educators reach out to families about the dangers of smoking — no matter its delivery system — and second-hand smoke. When Hassan Mohamed, a tobacco use prevention coordinator with African ...

Hookah bars are now a conditional use in Penn Hills, months after a shooting at Ballers Hookah Lounge & Cigar Bar killed two, wounded seven and raised concerns about nuisance businesses in town. The ...

There’s a block in New York City’s Nomad neighborhood that, for me, serves as a portal to other places and times. Sometimes I’m transported to a Boston apartment I inhabited in my 20s; on other ...

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. Craig MacFarlane isn't a smoker and says he never will be. But that doesn't keep him from hankering for hookah. The 18-year-old from Danville, Calif., enjoys getting together with ...

West Bengal mandates separate taxation for hookah, impacting dining bills and requiring restaurants to reassess pricing strategies.

The West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled that hookah served in restaurants along with food will no longer ...