In Singapore, smoking the water pipe shisha has become a trendy pursuit for local youths hanging out in Middle Eastern-themed cafes on Haji Lane. It is usually shared between friends and is an ...

New tobacco laws coming in on Friday could change the way you smoke shisha. Under the new regulations, flavoured tobacco will be completely banned – but shisha will be an exception. Shisha smokers and ...

Shisha cafe culture is spreading across the UK, prompting health campaigners to call for venues allowing customers to smoke the distinctive pipes to be subject to tough new licensing laws. Experts ...

The sweet smelling tobacco is gaining in popularity, but most people who smoke it in cafes are unaware of the potential risks. You might call it shisha in Egypt and Sudan, nargile in Turkey and Syria ...

A research by the Department of Health and the Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre has revealed that smoking a shisha pipe is as injurious to health as smoking tobacco. Smoking a shisha pipe is as ...

Contrary to popular belief, only a minimal amount of heavy metals are removed in the 'filtration' process when smoking shisha, also known as hookah, according to research published in the open access ...

SCOTLAND's shisha smokers have been warned to "sling their hookahs" and give up the habit for the good of their health. Experts at the British Heart Foundation (BHF) said smoking herbal "tobacco" ...

Cambodia has banned e-cigarettes and shisha pipes, saying the increasingly popular products contain damaging levels of nicotine and are leading young people to take up smoking. The National Authority ...

Shisha can be more harmful than smoking, with an hour-long session equating to the same amount of smoke as 100 cigarettes AN INNOCENT baby has been filmed smoking on a shisha pipe in a shocking video.

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