LAS CRUCES – Smoking tobacco is an extremely dangerous activity that causes numerous health problems including heart disease, several respiratory illnesses and lung cancer. There is no safe way to smoke tobacco, including using a hookah. A hookah, also known as a narghile, shisha or hubble-bubble, is a waterpipe of Middle Eastern origin that is used to smoke sweet, often flavored, tobacco. Ream more »
Savannah is poised to ban smoking at all bars and restaurants in the next few weeks or months.
But at a their regular meeting Thursday, council members expressed concern for a handful of tobacco-related businesses.
They appeared to draw the line at closing a newly-opened hookah lounge, the city’s first such business, one that many larger cities have. Ream more »
On a recent night out in Tampa, 26-year-old Tara Wasserman and a handful of her friends nestle into a dark, plush booth at her favorite hookah hangout, the Meridian Hookah Lounge. For $12 apiece, Wasserman and her friends can sample a variety of sweet tobaccos, smoked through the water pipe at the center of the booth, and stay until the lounge closes at 3 a.m. Read more
EVEN AS the world celebrates No-Smoking Day. Do you really think this day has any significance in our lives or is it just a gimmick. The ban on smoking at public places which was brought into effect by the former Union Health Minister A Ramdoss is nothing but a sham.
Rural India continues to be plagued by serious health problems due to lack of proper health facilities. We need to shift our focus to that area rather than chase people who are adults and are well aware about the harmful effects of smoking. As banning smoking has given rise to another fad that is hookah bars which are as lethal as smoking cigarettes.
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