a bunch of the younger bands that rehearse in my spot bring in hookahs, I was surprised to see that the trend nowadays is to actually smoke tobacco out of them. Philly has a lot of Hookah bars. I guess it's a way to get around all the smoking bans. I had one back in the day but rarely smoked tobacco out of it. I did like the Jasmine kind though. now for the most part I just use a vaporizer. I have a Volcano classic. Vaporization is totally the way to go. no tar or gunk in your lungs like you get from smoking. just the pure benefits and flavor of the plant your using. For aromatherapy purposes of course