. >> another way to smoke tobacco is with a device called a hookah. >> a hookah is also known as a water pipe, and you use it to smoke a tobacco which is burned with charcoal. and the smoke goes through water, and people inhale it through a pipe. smoking from a water pipe is safer. >> a lot of people think it's kind of safe to use hookah. it comes in different flavors, too. the smoke from hookah, though, science shows, contains a lot of things that are similar to cigarettes. it does contain tar, and it does contain chemicals which are linked to cancer. >> okay, so, we've heard that however you smoke tobacco, it's bad for you. but how about tobacco you don't burn, like chewing tobacco? >> i think chewing tobacco is safer, because what i know from it -- a lot of athletes like baseball players do chewing tobacco, so i would think that if an athlete can do it, it would be safer than smoking cigarettes. >> tobacco that you chew or snort or snuff -- that all contains nicotine, which is still addictive. the chewing tobacco actually contains little pieces of broken glass to help get the nicotine

young people may still be getting their nicotine fix from electronic cigarettes or hookahs. remember, no form of smoking is good for your health. so if you've been trying to quit, now is the me?.the c-d-c website has resources on taking that first step towards a healthier future. with this medical minute i'm dr. timothy johnson. " jenna: coming up an act of bravery rewarded. what one soldier did to earn his medal of honor. the somber ceremony from washington after breakthrough in the fight against isis in iraq. several thousand kurdish forces advanced on the city of sinjar from several fronts exchanging gunfire with isis forces. backed by a us- lead air campaign, they say they have taken control of a strategic section of highway in northern iraq today cutting off an isis supply line between syria and mosul. american special forces units are serving as kurdish troops. this is a specific effort to target this one supply line, this critical supply line, between raqa and mosul. that we think if it is indeed severed, would have an impact on isil and its operations, particulary in

it's a former flower shop turned into a restaurant and hookah lounge. they close at 2:00 in the morning and that's when he left and was -- she left and was waiting outside for her happened. police are looking for a dark colored suv with possibly two suspects inside. that suv was seen leaving right after the shooting. the victim once again was grazed in the leg. a 21-year-old woman was brought to bellevue hospital and she has non-life-threatening live in the flatiron district, news. >>> all right thank you. we have new images this morning of the suspect in the shooting inside a brooklyn department store. now here's the video that we received overnight. detectives say this man shot someone after a fight last night inside blue city in bushwick. the victim is recovering in the hospital and police also want to find the woman in black who was with the suspect. anyone with information is asked to call crime stoppers. >>> also in brooklyn, the hunt continues for the suspect in a rush hour shooting in canarsie. two people were hit by gunfire on rockaway parkway

it's a former flower shop turned mediterranean restaurant and hookah how long. it was shortly after 2:00 a.m. when the woman was shot in the street. apparent she had just left that lounge and was waiting outside for her boyfriend when a car pulled up and there may have been some kind of confrontation we've learned. police are now looking for a car seen leaving the area after the shooting but no description yet. again that victim a 21-year-old woman was grazed in the leg and he has -- bellevue hospital. she has non-life-threatening injuries. kala rama, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> all right thank you. 4:36 and brooklyn and there's still questions in morning after a delivery man was hit by a falling tree. now this happened when the man was riding a bike through coffee park and red hook. he took a path where a contractor was removing trees damaged by superstorm sandy. him. he's now in the hospital. the big question is why wasn't the path blocked off? >> the caution tape that's here now put up by the police is the caution tape that should have prevented that poor

. >> reporter: business offices, hotels, a hookah bar, a strip club, a soccer stadium. and the millennium hotel's pine bar where they last met litvinenko? that's were investigators hit the jackpot. these 3-d graphics put together by scotland yard, show the entire pine bar was contaminated with polonium with extreme hot spots on a table and chair. and the levels found inside this teapot? off the charts. paul joyal wonders how many people were unwittingly exposed. >> do we know, ultimately, what the final cost of this use of polonium is? someone who was washing dishes in the pine bar or in a hotel, cleaning crew, do we know, ultimately? >> reporter: five months after litvinenko's death, scotland yard issued an arrest warrant for lugovoi. kovtun's would come later. the two responded with a press conference in moscow stating their innocence. [ speaking russian ] >> reporter: russia refused to extradite them, so we traveled to moscow to find the men who are wanted in connection with litvinenko's murder. coming up -- the stakes get even higher as we confront a top russian off

harmest decline was seen in young adults but that is also the group using more e-cigarettes and smoking hookah and there is more work to do. the cdc reports show that it's highest among low income americans, outreach efforts need to focus on the poor and undereducated. while smoking rates went down, obesity is still going up among adults, experts thought that the weight problem was leveling off, but it has gone from 32% to 38% in just the last eight years and for the first time more women than men are obese. they can't explain why the jump happened and it comes despite a decade of efforts to trim waistlines, like getting artificial trans fats out of foods and restaurants to post calorie counts. >>> and in these november gray days, it may cause people to skip their outdoor walk or workout but there are tips for moving your exercise indoors instead. runners may have a hard time adjusting to running on a treadmill, you need time to adjust, you need more body meck cannics when are you moving over a machine, instead of ground. and lighten up your clothing. >> you don't want to be overdressed and ex

police say shots rang out overnight outside a bar and hookah lounge after a group of men started arlingtoning. one of the bullets grazed a woman in the leg. police say witnesses told them the suspects drove away in a black suv. >>> more signs of homeless in this plaguing the city. a viewer posted on our facebook page, signs that are up in one neighborhood asking people to help the homeless by not giving them food or money. cbs 2's meg baker shows us it city's police commissioner. >> new yorkers who are complaining so much about it, well, one of the things they it. >> reporter: after that quote from police commissioner bill bratton, some areas of the city are heeding that advice. the signs put up by the garment district alliance, please help the homeless by not giving them food or money. >> some people that might think that this is sort of heartless, um, but we really take a different view. we do not want to create a situation where you're making it comfortable for people to live on the streets. >> reporter: in her neighbor, each morning dozens of homeless are cleared off benches and the area

. >> they said to me simon & schuster, two guys who were linked by a tragedy hookah want to start these fabulous service organizations. one of them is eric greitens who founded the mission continues and is now running for governor of missouri as a pro-republican. he's running against republican ways & means. one of his first mission continues fellows fellowships for wounded veterans as they come up with this -- and one of his first fellows was jake wood who was the founder and he and his best friends developed an advocacy of that fellowship. >> wow. >> so the book is the story of them and clay's story. and how clays dad had this are found -- and how they adjust to the organization really changed it. >> jonathan karp, we write novels, plenty of novels, plenty of nonfiction novels. [inaudible] >> where is he now? >> jake. >> is he here tonight? >> he was going to be here tonight that his wife have surgery scheduled for tomorrow, so he can't be here. eric is -- that he can be here. we are going to have cool people from both organizations. when i go around the country in some cases jake is