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What is a hookah?

A hookah is a water pipe used to smoke specially-made tobacco. The tobacco usually comes in different flavors, such as mint, cola, cherry, lemon-lime, coffee, chocolate, coconut, apple, licorice, and other fruity blends.

Hookahs vary in size, shape, and style. The set-up of a typical hookah water pipe includes a bowl for the coal and tobacco, an ashtray to catch the ashes, a hose with a mouthpiece to draw the smoke into and allow it to cool, and a water bowl to cool and humidify the tobacco smoke.

Hookah smoking is often a social activity in hookah bars, particularly with young adults, with users passing the same mouthpiece around the group.

While many believe hookah smoking to be safer than cigarette smoking, it actually is just as dangerous to your health, if not more so.

Other names for hookah include shisha, narghi, bute, argileh, shisha, hubble-bubble, and goza.