[Original title] Necessaire Du Fumeur Annamite; Pipes Orinaires Et a Eau Inde, Perse et Java.
Cigars, pipes, hookahs and vaporizers were popular smoking implements for centuries. The hookah, which originated in India, became the preferred pipe in the Middle East. The water chamber in a hookah cools smoke before it reaches the smoker's lungs. Hookahs and other pipes were often elaborately decorated. The nature of the material used to make a pipe, like the type of wood, could impart special flavor to the smoke.