One whiff and I can almost see him again, indulging the habit he approached with precision Willie (Bill) Collins lights up. Photo: Kieran Kolle I found it in a drawer the other day — my father’s old ...

Pipe smokers in Ireland are an endangered species, like the Kerry spotted slug or the natterjack toad. Unlike these rare creatures, they have no society to defend them, no group working to maintain ...

Michael “Doc” Garr of Wilkes-Barre puffs away on his pipe at Tuesday’s Pocono Intermountain Pipe Enclave gathering inside El Humidor smoke shop in Wilkes-Barre. PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER ...

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 ...

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 ...

Comedian, novelist and raconteur Stephen Fry today received the Pipe Smoker of the Year Award 2003. The star, whose huge talents have seen him pursue a diverse career including writing screenplays, ...