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Hookah Smokers in India

Smoking is almost as common in India as it is throughout the rest of the world, and although the Moghul Emperor Jahangir, in the six- teenth century, like King James, issued a counterblast against tobacco, the Hindu, the Moslem, and even occasionally the Parsi, enjoys his " hookah " ar "hubble-bubble," or, if he can afford it, his briar-wood pipe end cigar.

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