WHO Warns Against Water-Pipe Smoking

May 30th, 2007 in Medicine & Health / Health
WHO Warns Against Water-Pipe Smoking

A model poses with a ´hookah´, a traditional smoking pipe as she walks the ramp displaying the creations by the NIFT graduating student´s fashion show in Calcutta, India, Saturday, May 26, 2007. National Institute of Fashion Technology or NIFT is patronized by Ministry of Textiles under the Indian federal government. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

(AP) -- Water-pipe smoking may pose the same health risks as cigarettes, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, adding that more scientific research was needed into the link between hookah use and a number of fatal illnesses.

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