A bong, technically known as a water pipe, was first used (and named) centuries ago by the Hmong people in Laos and Thailand, as a natural filtration device made from bamboo for smoking tobacco ...

Bongs, which you may also know by slang terms like bubbler, binger, or billy, are water pipes used to smoke cannabis. They’ve been around for centuries. The word bong is said to have come from ...

Campaigners are beginning to tackle smoking in one of the world’s most tobacco-friendly countries. ... the smiling smoker offers his bamboo pipe to his new foreign friend one final time.