Like cigarettes, smoking a pipe can have serious health consequences. Here, experts discuss the similarities and differences between pipe and cigarette smoking and how tobacco use increases your ...

Smoking a water pipe or hookah may be chic, but the carbon monoxide, nicotine, tar and heavy metals contained in the smoke pose often-ignored health threats, researchers have reported.

Tobacco used in pipes is cured and contains nicotine and the same carcinogens as cigarettes. Pipe smokers are more likely to get cancer of the lungs, liver, head, and neck than nonsmokers.

By contrast, the tax on pipe tobacco was increased by the same 158% as the cigarette tax, going from $1.10 a pound to $2.83 a bound. The tax on big cigars, which is imposed as a percent of the ...

Dec. 5 -- FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Water pipes are no safer than cigarettes for smoking tobacco, researchers say. A new study found that people who smoke tobacco with a water pipe inhale ...