What is the history behind hookahs?

Answer 1

Depending on what one considers a "hookah", one could trace back the origins to Arabic and Indians lands. The first known modern hookahs were used some 500 years ago in which tabacco, shisha and opium were smoked from them. Often it was considered a device of medicine and healing in the 16th century. Little did people know that with the advent of this device, smoking plants that had not been previously tested, cause massive overdoses and addiction.