thumb|A Rajput man smoking through a hookah, [[Rajasthan, India.]]
A hookah is a water pipe used for smoking tobacco or other substances, where smoke passes through water before being inhaled through a long hose. It has cultural significance in various regions, particularly in South Asia and the Middle East, where it has been used socially for centuries.
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thumb|A Rajput man smoking through a hookah, [[Rajasthan, India.]]
A hookah (also see other names), shisha, or waterpipe is a single- or multi-stemmed instrument for heating or vaporizing and then smoking either tobacco, flavored tobacco (often muʽassel), or sometimes cannabis, hashish and opium. The smoke is passed through a water basin—often glass-based—before inhalation.
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