Off the Hookah in Fort Lauderdale
Next stop: Off the Hookah, located at 111 SW 2nd Avenue, hosted Late Night Flavors. Recently opened at this location, the decor represents a mix of Middle East destinations, including Morocco, and offered a night of dancing (watching scantily-clad …
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Hookah parlors barred
An ordinance prohibiting hookah parlors in the city will be drafted, the El Centro City Council decided Tuesday. Hookah parlors aren't listed in the city's ordinance, said Community Development Director Norma Villicaña, and as a result they are prohibited.
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'Zoey 101' Star Matthew Underwood — ARRESTED at Hookah Lounge
Sources say … around 3AM, law enforcement in Port St. Lucie rolled up to the Cloud 9 hookah lounge, co-owned by Underwood, and arrested the actor on a probation violation … stemming from his drug possession conviction earlier this year. We broke …
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Robbers hit Rolando hookah bar
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Two masked gunmen robbed a Rolando-area hookah bar Monday morning as its employees were preparing to open for the day, but no one was hurt, police said. The robbery at Prince Mediterranean Hooka Cafe at 4644 College Ave.
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Where smoke gets in your eyes, really
SCHENECTADY — The Capital Region is poised to get its first hookah lounge, a place where one can smoke flavored tobaccos out of a water pipe that's rooted in traditions of India and Persia. Wahiba Elassali, a city resident and Morocco native whose …
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Legislation Needed to Deter Young People From Using Hookah, Says CDC
A recent report in the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) journal Preventing Chronic Disease finds that almost one-fifth of the nation's 12th-graders report using hookahs – large water-pipes that are commonly found in bars and lounges – to smoke shisha, …
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Thane police chief asked to probe hookah parlour charge
The Bombay high court on Monday directed the Thane police chief to file a personal affidavit following an allegation that the local police were hand-in-glove with owners of a hotel where hookah was being served to minors in spite of a ban that was …
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Hookah lounge to open in Saratoga Spa
Badger's Hookah Bar at 42 Caroline St. will begin "offering the largest variety of shisha in the region," meaning flavored tobaccos that the bar says are concocted by their resident Samoan shisha chef, Nate Gillie. The hookah is a water pipe rooted in …
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Teenage hookah smoking rates must be reduced, experts say
While the lion's share of youth anti-smoking efforts has focused on cigarettes, a new report in the CDC journal Preventing Chronic Disease suggests more needs to be done to reduce the number of teens smoking flavored tobacco from hookahs. According to …
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HC gets tough on use of nicotine in hookah bars
CHANDIGARH: Acting tough against nicotine use through inhalation from hookahs/sheeshas in various restaurants, lounges and hookah bars in the region, the Punjab and Haryana high court, on Thursday, directed the states of Punjab, Haryana and the …
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