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Pipe smoking is the practice of tasting (or, less commonly, inhaling) the smoke produced by burning a substance, most commonly tobacco or cannabis, in a pipe. It is the oldest traditional form of smoking. Regular pipe smoking is known to carry serious health risks including increased danger of various forms of cancer as well as pulmonary and ...
A tobacco pipe, often called simply a pipe, is a device specifically made to smoke tobacco. It comprises a chamber (the bowl) for the tobacco from which a thin hollow stem (shank) emerges, ending in a mouthpiece. [1] Pipes can range from very simple machine-made briar models to highly prized hand-made artisanal implements made by renowned ...
One-hitter (smoking) Midwakh (U.A.E.), shown with and without a stem-mounted filter. Traditionally used with dokha, an Iranian sifted tobacco product with admixtures of other herbs. A one-hitter[1] (also oney, bat, tay, oney bat, or taster) is typically a slender pipe with a screened narrow bowl designed for a single inhalation, or "hit", of ...
Tobacco smoking is the practice of burning tobacco and ingesting the resulting smoke. The smoke may be inhaled, as is done with cigarettes, or simply released from the mouth, as is generally done with pipes and cigars. The practice is believed to have begun as early as 5000–3000 BC in Mesoamerica and South America. [ 1 ]
A Peterson Dry System Pipe cutaway. Perhaps the most notable design from the Kapp and Peterson factory was Peterson's famed 'Dry System' pipes, patented in 1894. Featuring a small reservoir intended to collect moisture before it reaches the smoker, the 'System Pipe' is designed to create a drier and cooler smoke and discourage the formation of ...
An electronic cigarette(e-cigarette), or vape,[note 1][1]is a vaporizerdevice that simulates tobacco smoking. It consists of an atomizer, a power source such as a battery, and a container such as a cartridge or tank. Instead of smoke, the user inhales vapor.[2]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 October 2024. Type of water pipe For other uses, see Hookah. A painting of a Bengali Muslim woman in muslin, relaxing while smoking hookah, by Francesco Renaldi A Rajasthani man smoking through a hookah, Rajasthan, India. A hookah, हुक़्क़ा, IPA: [ˈɦʊqːa] ; also see other names ...
The word kiseru is said to have originated from the Cambodian word khsier around the 16th century, while it is also said that the word originated from the Portuguese que sorver ("which is drawn"). [ 2 ][ 3 ] It is believed that pipe smoking was introduced to Japanese high society, such as the samurai, the Buddhist priest classes and rich ...