Posts Tagged ‘Hookahs’

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 >>

Hookah lounge to open on Evansville’s East Side

Business partners Khaled Elkhal and Mohammed Metoui plan to bring a hookah lounge to 519 N. Green River Road for reflecting on the ancient hookah smoking practice, which originated in India and spread across the Middle East. ... read more >>

Bay Area hooked on hookah

On a recent Friday night in Palo Alto, three young women sat at a sidewalk table outside an old brick building that once housed Mills the Florist, a shop that has gone up in smoke. In its place is Da Hookah Spot, a lounge where people gather to puff flavored tobacco from a water pipe for hours at a time. ... read more >>

Hubble-Bubble Tobacco Pipes Mean Forest Trouble

Shouldering a saw, Amer, 18, heads to the woods every night to cut down trees near his village of Markieh in the northern coastal province of Latakia. ... read more >>