History
Hookah has been used to smoke tobacco and other substances for at least four centuries, originating in ancient Persia and India.By the 19th century, Turkish women of high society used hookahs as status symbols; they can often be seen in the art of the era. As time went on and people from the Middle East, India and Pakistan immigrated to Europe, hookah cafes began appearing in European cities. Today, hookah bars and cafes are quite popular in many parts of Britain, France, Spain, Russia and throughout the Middle East and are growing in popularity in the United States. Originally created as a theoretically less harmful method of tobacco use, it was suggested,