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A smoking pipe, often simply referred to as a pipe, is used to inhale or taste the smoke of a burning substance,[1] typically a psychoactive substance. The term most commonly refers to a tobacco pipe, but it can also refer to a cannabis pipe (bowl). Pipes are commonly made from briar (heather),[2] corncob,[3] meerschaum,[4] clay[5] (including porcelain),[6] cherry, glass, ebonite, or acrylic.

Detail of Old Peasant Lighting a Pipe by Johann Carl Loth (1655/1660)

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Japanese woodblock print c. 1785-1790 with a woman smoking a kiseru
  • Bowl, pipes of various designs for smoking cannabis
    • Bong, also known as a water pipe
  • Ceremonial pipe, used by some Native American peoples
  • Chalice, a pipe used by Rastafari in cannabis rituals
  • Chibouk, a long-stemmed Turkish tobacco pipe with a clay bowl, often ornamented with precious stones
  • Chillum, conical smoking pipe originally from India
  • Drug pipe, vessel used as drug paraphernalia to aid the smoking of hard drugs
    • Love rose, a pipe for smoking crack cocaine
    • Pizzo, a pipe designed for freebasing drugs
  • Hookah, tall stemmed pipe in which the smoke is cooled and filtered by passing through water, also known as a water pipe
  • Kiseru, Japanese pipe traditionally used for smoking finely shredded tobacco
  • Midwakh, small smoking pipe of Arabian origin
  • Sebsi, traditional Moroccan smoking pipe

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