Groups of young people smoking the hookah pipe or hubbly bubbly has become a common sight in South Africa. A burning coal is placed on top of flavoured tobacco and the smoke is then filtered through water, before being inhaled through a plastic pipe. Devi Sankaree Govender (Carte Blanche Medical presenter): 'Like cigarettes, hubbly bubbly smoking knows no boundaries. It has become the in-thing for young people in restaurants, pubs, house parties, street corners, both in suburbs and in townships across South Africa.'
In Riverlea, Johannesburg there's a surprisingly high rate of smoking according to a recent study by the Medical Research Council.
Prof Angela Mathee (Medical Research Council): 'Just about every second or third street corner there was a group of people of all agesPlease register or login to read more...












