the hooka pipe les toxic?he water is filtering out the tobacco, regular cigarettes at least have a filter. and water doesn't filter out anything. there's justi ee's just as much nicotine in hooka and the flavors draw people to it so it makes a more addictive. if you went occasionally to one of these sessions, but the use of a hooka for an hour, gives you as much toxins as a cigarette does. >> this is absolutely important, because what more just mentioned, just that sentence alone, if you smoke one cigar or cigaret cigarette, it's a short period and you're done until the next time. the average time you spend on hooka is about 40 to 60 minutes. plus the fact, forget about the risk of copd, heart disease and lung cancer, you're also, a lot of people share this, so they give the pipe to one another. >> that would stop me right there. >> we talked to them about that. they gave me a mouthpiece when i was there, but they don't change them in between people. arno and in addition to young cancers there,'s a risk of ora

and hanging out in hooka lounges. but why? >> i think it's somewhere to go when there's nowhere else to go. something different to do. because a lot of people don't really do it. until they get into their teen years. >> it's relaxing. it's like you're hanging out and you smoke it, and you just relax. you don't get high or anything. >> reporter: hooka is a social event where smokers share. many of those polls say they believe hooka is safer than cigarettes. however, it is a myth as old as the hooka itself that the water somehow filters the tobacco. the charcoal adds more carcinogens, there's more tar and nicotine than a filtered cigarette, and proof that it's linked to lung and oral cancer and low birth weight infants. on top of that, the risk of sharing. >> a lot pass around the hooka pipe. without changing the mouthpiece. that basically increases the likelihood of you catching or spreading any infectious disease. and whether it be cold sores, or the flu, anything like that, if you're putting your mouth on something, you're pa

while a sharp decline in smoking cigarettes among teens there are other teens taking up the hooka.ive high school seniors admitted to using a hooka device to smoke a nicotine containing herb. apparently more common in more affluent household. >> interesting. >>> now to a heart-warming story about someone doing the right thing. and it is our "favorite story of the day." >> a shopper in a women's apparel store realized she had lost her 3.5 carat diamond from her ring, valued at $40,000. >> store employees looked all over for the stone. by closing they hadn't found it. next day, a sparkle caught the eye of barbara, she called the customer and reunited her with the diamond. she says, she just doesn't take something that doesn't belong to her. doesn't feel right doing that. that is wonderful. >> it was a retirement gift her husband. look at that. it's so tiny. >> it's beautiful. >> the customer gave her a reward which she refused but the owner really insisted on it. >> very nice. >> i would be devastated. devastated. 3.5 carat ring gone. >> very nice. >> she found it. >> she got it back

cigarettes pay be less popular but hooka use is rising among american high schoolers.more than 1 in 5 admit using the water pipe to smoke tobacco. in fact hookas deliver higher amounts of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide. >>> concerns that al qaeda could turn cell phones into bombs, tsa is asking passengers traveling into the u.s., to power on their phones to make sure their phones are real. targeting for extra screenings. after a slow down in shootings, a very violent holiday weekend in chicago. dozens more hurt in just the last few days. not far from the home of mayor rahm emanuel. chicago continues to have one of the highest levels of murders in the nation. >>> middle east, clashes between israelis and palestinians continues as palestinians mourn the death of a 16-year-old boy who was kidnapped and then burned alive. authorities have arrested 6 descrairls an israelis and say three have confessed to the murder. a revenge attack for the murder of three israelis from last month. palestinian boy's teenage cousin who is an american. being beaten. u.s. state department s

. >>> and pediatricians are sounding the alarm about teenagers smoking hooka. and saying one out of five have used it. and it can be just as dangerous as smoking cigarettes. and kids in big cities with highly-educated parents are more likely. >>> and a lot of talk about meditation, at work and even school students using it to destress. it is recommended for years. now scientific proof that it works. and researchers say just 25 minutes a day of mindful meditation is enough to feel less stress and to help with depression. of course unfortunately it is not as easy as it looks. the best way to learn is to take a class. they are offered at some medical and holistic care centers and yoga studios. and monica, it is on my list of things to do. >> good for the soul, thank you. >>> a week-long pizza-thon kicked off in wilmington. dominoes donating 10% of local sales this week to benefit the hospital. to kick it offsetting up the tents and selling discount the pizzas on site. and it runs through sunday, pick up a slice to help out uncle craig, what's the deal? oh...you ca

. >>> researchers found students currently cigarettes were likely to use hooka. surprisingly the odds of students using it increases if their parents have a higher education level. students with weekly incomes from a job have increased odds. >> stocks looks like they coud take a breather as the stocks open with a high. >> reporter: the financial markets are charting new territory this morning, for the first time the dow opened above 17,000, that's an increase of 3% and many think this bull market has room to run. >>> the next version of the jeep wrangler could be different. chrysler wants to improve gas mileage, that could mean lighter material and smaller jeep. it only gets 17 miles per hour a gallon. >>> it was the weakest holiday movie weekend in at least a decade. >>> in north dakota, the average person drinks 43 gallons a beer a year almost 3 kegs, montana was second and new hampshire third. >> philadelphia didn't take that honor, it's good to hear. >> up next, a shark attack victims talks about the moment he came face-to-face with jaws. >>> a teenager is sh

sheriff deputies say there were 50 to 60 people standing in front of a liquor store and the hooka lounge when two fights broke out. they say several people started firing guns and a 28-year-old man was killed. the victim's friend says he was an innocent bystander just outside smoking a cigarette. another woman said she had just arrived to celebrate her friend's birthday. >> reporter: five people got hit and they just came from nowhere. luckily we were behind a car and truck so we didn't get hit. >> reporter: deputies are looking into a motive and whether the people involved even knew each other. >>> today we have a sketch of a man accused of harassing and groping a woman as she sat at a park in palo alto. now here's a look at the man accused of groping the women. debora villalon is live today and says police are worried this will happen again. >> reporter: the woman was not hurt but certainly traumatized. fighting the man off over by this bench and now she has helped create a sketch of her attacker. >> it's a nice neighborhood. most of our parks are nice. >> what happened here just befor

while a sharp decline in smoking cigarettes among teens there are other teens taking up the hooka.a hooka device to smoke a nicotine containing herb. apparently more common in more affluent household. >> interesting. >> now to a heart warming story about someone doing the right thing. and it is our "favorite story of the day." awe a shopper at a woman's apparel store, realize she'd lost a 3 1/2 carat diamond from her ring. valued at $40,000. >> store employees looked all over for the stone. by closing they hadn't found it. next day, a sparkle caught the eye of barbara, she called the customer. and reunited her with the diamond. she says, she just doesn't take something that doesn't belong to her. doesn't feel right doing thalgt. that is wonderful. >> a reap tirement gift from her hutz band. look at that. so tiny. >> about yul. >> the owner really insisted on it. >> very nice. >> i would be devastated. devastated. 3 carat ring gone. >> very nice. >> she found it. >> she got it back. >> there are nice people out there. >> nice people, absolutely. coming up in the mix. feasting on meo

nearly one in five high school seniors admitted to using a hooka device to smoke a nicotine containing. >> interesting. >>> now to a heart-warming story about someone doing the right thing. and it is our "favorite story of the day." >> a shopper in a women's apparel store noticed she lost the 3.5 carat diamond from her ring. the gem was valued at $40,000. >> store employees looked all over for the stone. by closing they hadn't found it. the next day a sparkle caught the eye of barbara. she called the customer and reunited her with the diamond. she says, she just doesn't take something that doesn't belong to her. she doesn't feel right doing that. that is wonderful. >> it was a retirement gift from her husband. can you -- look at that. it's so tiny. >> it's beautiful. >> yeah. the customer gave her a reward, which she's going to refuse, but the owner really insisted on it. >> very nice. >> i would be devastated. devastated. three carat ring gone? >> it's very nice. >> well, she found it. i like that. >> she did. she got it back. there are nice people out there. >> nice people, absolutel

two teenagers workers at angels and saints on the boardwalk offered them hooka pens to try but then theeens got sick almost immediately, and police say inside those pens, is a form of liquid, synthetic marijuana. and that drug can be deadly as you can see in the you tube video, marijuana in the original form was banned in new jersey two years ago. police arrested the owner and store clerk there is that you tube video. the store's license is suspended and people we spoke to say they are surprised, stores would just give it to teenagers. >> i heard about it. >> the liquid weed, it does surprise me because there is a lot of teens out here all the time on the boardwalk and they come here just to have fun. it is in the right that they would do that. >> police say their investigation led them to the boardwalk outlet store. some within there offered undercover police officers there synthetic marijuana in the original form saying it with get them buzzed. >>> atlantic city police say this is first time they have seen synthetic marijuana in the liquid form in the area on the boardwalk and they ar