Traditionally and nowadays hookah smoking has been and is a very social custom, often practised in cafés, restaurants or at home with familiy, friends and guests. Tobacco was introduced in India in the 16th century to the court of Akbar the Great. His Persian physician Abu’l-Fath Gilani invented the waterpipe to purify the smoke by letting it pass through water before inhaling. In many countries and cultures it is now deeply rooted and part of daily life. Not only in the Middle East and Nort Africa, but also in the rest of the world the sale of waterpipe products has increased enormously in the recent years. Althought the World Health Organisation has been warning about the smoking of shishas for quite some time now.