Archive for the ‘Hookahs/Shisha / Water Pipes’ Category

Cannabis use in under 15s linked to psychosis

Using cannabis for the first time under the age of 15 is linked to an increased risk of hallucinations or delusions, a new study has found. However, the findings are still not definite. ... read more >>

Two more restaurants proposed for Valpo

The city could be getting its second hookah lounge and its first indoor hot dog cart in the next couple of months. Valparaiso’s site review committee will review plans for a Mediterranean restaurant, tentatively called Arabian Nights, at its meeting Tuesday along with plans for Cruzn Dogs. The first would be located in the new retail space in the Uptown East apartment complex on Lincolnway while the latter would be on Indiana Avenue across from the new downtown park. ... read more >>

Should hookah lounges be exempt from Columbia’s smoking ordinance?

On Friday, a new element to the smoking issue was introduced in Columbia. Located at 32 N. Ninth St., 9th Street Hookah Lounge opened its doors to the public. The city has a 3-year-old smoking ban, but the hookah lounge is exempt from it because it sells tobacco and tobacco accessories as its main retail products. ... read more >>

Hookah’s slow burn

The first violation notice is on its way, and he’s welcoming the opportunity to challenge it. Adam Bliss, the owner of Hookah Bliss, Chapel Hill’s only hookah bar, has been fighting for the right to stay open since the North Carolina indoor smoking ban went into effect Jan. 2. Bliss maintains that the ban does not apply to him because hookah is a vaporized — not lit — tobacco product. ... read more >>

Uttar Pradesh villagers rely on ‘hookah’ to keep away the cold

Hookah is no longer the luxury of the riches but now become the savior for many in Uttar Pradesh’s Khushaal Nagar village. The villagers believe that it helps them overcome certain health related problems and also to beat the intense cold as they lament that the state government has been unable to provide them with adequate facilities to fight against the cold. ... read more >>

In Bryn Mawr, café patrons are hooked on hookahs

Paul Hunt leans back in his chair as he blows smoke rings in the air. Next to him, Kristina Minster browses the Internet on her laptop while inhaling sweet, fruity tobacco from a tall, ornate pipe. For Hunt and Minster, the parents of an 11-month-old, it’s date night at Omar’s Hookah Cafe in Bryn Mawr. ... read more >>

No Ban Here: Some hookah bars are simply ignoring state’s new no-smoking law

Now that North Carolina’s no-smoking law has taken effect, most bars and restaurants across the state have thrown away their ashtrays and herded smokers to outdoor patios. But a few bars are openly flouting the new law, allowing people to puff away indoors as much as ever. The ones doing so are hookah bars, and their owners argue that, because of a linguistic loophole in the law, the smoking ban doesn’t apply to hookah smoking. ... read more >>

Asheville Hookah bar to defy smoking ban

If it survives, a local bar could become the 21st-century version of a Prohibition-era speakeasy. On Jan. 2, a law extinguishing smoking in bars and restaurants statewide takes effect. There are a few exceptions, but none for bars that offer hookahs, the water pipes for smoking fruit-flavored tobacco that originated in the Middle East and are growing in popularity among young Americans. ... read more >>

Setting down their cigarettes, teenagers take up the hookah

Ryan Baucom, the co-owner of a downtown Sarasota nightspot that caters to the 18-25 crowd, has turned to an old custom to attract young customers. At The Box Social club, Baucom recently started renting out a hookah. Business is so good he plans to buy another. “It’s becoming more and more popular,” he said. In higher numbers than those who frequently smoke cigarettes, teenagers are trying hookahs: water pipes from the Middle East that use coals to burn flavored tobacco. ... read more >>

Hookah Bliss Owner Will Defy Smoking Ban

The owner of a Chapel Hill hookah bar says he will defy the state’s new smoking ban that has ensnared his business but exempted other types of smoking establishments. Adam Bliss, owner of Hookah Bliss, believes the ban is discriminatory. He will continue to sell hookahs and alcohol beginning Jan. 2, the day it becomes illegal to smoke in most North Carolina bars and restaurants. ... read more >>

Using hookah as dangerous as smoking cigs

Contrary to popular belief, hookah smoking is not a safe alternative to cigarette smoking. In fact, hookah smoking poses just as much risk (if not more) to the health of the smoker as well as those in the same vicinity. Many advocates of hookah smoking will tell you that there is no tar in hookah smoke; they will also tell you that there is less nicotine. The truth is, in as little as 45 minutes of hookah smoking, a person can be exposed to as much nicotine and tar as in one pack of cigarettes, according to the Bacchus Network. Hookah boasts 2 to 4 percent nicotine as compared to a cigarette’s 1 to 3 percent, and we all know how addictive cigarettes are. ... read more >>

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