Abstract: An improved smoking water pipe or bong comprising a chamber containing water in its lower portion, its upper portion serving as a smoke collection reservoir; a bowl for combusting tobacco or medicinal herbs, the smoke directed through a tube to the water chamber below the water; a finger controllable orifice for admitting air through a tube to a point below the surface of the water; and a mouth piece for applying suction to the interior of the chamber to inhale the smoke. In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, a separate second chamber may be provided as the smoke reservoir, appropriate fluid communication tubes being provided between the chambers, and the smoke reservoir carrying the mouthpiece. The disclosed water pipe or bong permits the control of atmospheric air to function and a gas piston to move the smoke in the smoke reservoir uniformly and without dilution into the mouth of the smoker, and to provide a following draught of cooled and moistened air.