Pipes shedding stodgy image after decades of decline. Handsome hand made pipes by Richard Lewis, a Minneapolis pipe maker and seller. Courtesy George Lewis — -- Pipe smoking had long gone the way ...

It was a very special moment in any young man’s life: buying his first pipe. On a recent Saturday afternoon, 25-year-old Ben Darge stood at the counter of Iwan Ries, which bills itself as America’s ...

Pipe and cigar smokers often wave off worries that smoking is bad for their health. They claim their habit is harmless and perpetuate the common misperception that pipes and cigars are somehow safer ...

Smoking a pipe may be as bad for your health as puffing on a cigar, according to a study. Doctors in the United States analysed the medical records of over 138,000 men. Of these, 15,263 smoked a pipe.