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History and Use
A hookah or narghile is a form of waterpipe that stems from Indian origins that moved into the Middle East hundreds of years ago. Traditionally, it was smoked with black moassels and it developed into a newer form of tobacco called, in western countries, Shisha, in which tobacco is soaked in glycerin and flavorings to produce large volumes of smoke and flavor. It is set up in a traditionally clay bowl, with a coal made of wood on the tobacco in order to heat it. In the modern world the shisha is loaded in a clay bowl, with a aluminum foil screen placed on top with small coals made from compressed coconut charcoals or compressed hardwood coals on top to allow it to burn slowly and produce larger clouds of smoke which are much colder than traditional smoke from either a pipe of cigarette.