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 >>
Posts Tagged ‘Shisha’
Asheville Hookah bar to defy smoking ban
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
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 >>
Despite Ban, Shisha Habit Spreading in Public
Monday, November 9th, 2009
RAS AL KHAIMAH — Despite a ban on smoking of shisha outside shisha cafes and coffee houses, there’s a marked increase in the number of people who can be seen puffing away in public places in Ras Al Khaimah. ... read more >>
RAS AL KHAIMAH — Despite a ban on smoking of shisha outside shisha cafes and coffee houses, there’s a marked increase in the number of people who can be seen puffing away in public places in Ras Al Khaimah. ... read more >>
Shisha ‘as harmful as cigarettes’
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Smoking a shisha pipe is as bad for people as smoking tobacco, the Department of Health and the Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre has found. ... read more >>
Smoking a shisha pipe is as bad for people as smoking tobacco, the Department of Health and the Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre has found. ... read more >>
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