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 >>
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Two more restaurants proposed for Valpo
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Should hookah lounges be exempt from Columbia’s smoking ordinance?
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
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 >>
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 >>
Setting down their cigarettes, teenagers take up the hookah
Friday, December 18th, 2009
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 >>
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
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
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 >>
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 >>
Waterpipes No Safer Than Cigarettes: Study
Friday, December 11th, 2009
If you thought that smoking tobacco through a waterpipe was safer than cigarettes, think again: Compared to cigarette smoking, a waterpipe — also called a hookah or shisha — delivers more deadly carbon monoxide and roughly the same amount of addictive nicotine, according to a new study. ... read more >>
If you thought that smoking tobacco through a waterpipe was safer than cigarettes, think again: Compared to cigarette smoking, a waterpipe — also called a hookah or shisha — delivers more deadly carbon monoxide and roughly the same amount of addictive nicotine, according to a new study. ... read more >>
Using hookah as dangerous as smoking cigs
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
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 >>
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 >>
Smoking lounge rules on Long Beach Council agenda
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em – but only with a ventilation system and not if you’re serving any food or beverages – may become Long Beach’s new policy for the city’s recently legalized smoking lounges. ... read more >>
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em – but only with a ventilation system and not if you’re serving any food or beverages – may become Long Beach’s new policy for the city’s recently legalized smoking lounges. ... read more >>
Ban on sweet hookah tobacco imminent
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Health minister investigating ban on addictive water pipe tobacco as study shows greater risk to young people The message from Health Minister Jakob Axel Nielsen is clear: young people are hitting the hookahs too much and the addictive tobacco used in the water pipes should be banned. A parliamentary majority supports a ban on the sweet-flavoured tobacco used in water pipes, and Nielsen agreed measures needed to be introduced to protect the young. ... read more >>
Health minister investigating ban on addictive water pipe tobacco as study shows greater risk to young people The message from Health Minister Jakob Axel Nielsen is clear: young people are hitting the hookahs too much and the addictive tobacco used in the water pipes should be banned. A parliamentary majority supports a ban on the sweet-flavoured tobacco used in water pipes, and Nielsen agreed measures needed to be introduced to protect the young. ... read more >>
Ban on hookah tobacco in the works
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Young people in Denmark smoke hookah more than young people anywhere else in Europe, but that is about to come to an end. A parliamentary majority want to ban the addictive, sweet tobacco, according to free daily newspaper 24timer. ... read more >>
Young people in Denmark smoke hookah more than young people anywhere else in Europe, but that is about to come to an end. A parliamentary majority want to ban the addictive, sweet tobacco, according to free daily newspaper 24timer. ... read more >>
Smoking lounges on Long Beach council agenda again
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
LONG BEACH – The smell of smoke may be in the air again at today’s City Council meeting as Councilwoman Tonia Reyes Uranga asks to have a committee review new rules allowing smoking lounges. ... read more >>
LONG BEACH – The smell of smoke may be in the air again at today’s City Council meeting as Councilwoman Tonia Reyes Uranga asks to have a committee review new rules allowing smoking lounges. ... read more >>
31st Street neighbors wary of hookah bar
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
NEWARK — Although thoughts about a potential hookah lounge on 31st Street are mixed, most of the neighbors are of a single mind: They don’t want it. ... read more >>
NEWARK — Although thoughts about a potential hookah lounge on 31st Street are mixed, most of the neighbors are of a single mind: They don’t want it. ... read more >>
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