Female Freshmen Really Getting Into Smoking HookahS  Hookah
smoking, which most American children first became acquainted
with after watching the animated Alice in Wonderland, is
becoming increasingly popular among first-year college women,
many of who (incorrectly) believe that hookah smoke is a
relatively innocuous alternative to cigarettes.  The study,
funded by those concerned souls over at the National Institute
on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, suggests a link between hookah
smoking and alcohol and marijuana use, as well as an increased
propensity for pretension. (That last thing is made up, but it
seems like it should be the primary risk associated with hookah
smoking.) Researchers found that women who drank more alcohol
were more likely to use hookah, and, from there, it was only
another lilypad hop to smoking pot in their pajamas all day
while the self-appointed "film buff" in their circle of friends
puts on The Seventh Seal and glares every time someone has the
audacity to giggle at the silly make-up