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.

Wheezing occurred among 23 percent of the water-pipe users, 30 percent of the deep-inhalation and 21.6 percent of normal-inhalation cigarette smokers, but only among 9.1 percent of non-smokers.

Cigarettes are not the only type of tobacco products that can lead to premature death or fatalities from smoking-related cancers, a US study confirms. While people who exclusively smoke cigarettes ...

Pipe and cigar smoking increased urine cotinine levels and were linked to decreased lung function and increased odds of airflow obstruction, even in people who had never smoked cigarettes.