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California lawmakers retreat on hookah ban citing 'Middle East cultural tradition
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 4:00 pm
by Lexy
As the flavored e-cigarette debate gains momentum with the CDC urging the public to stop vaping, attempts to ban flavored tobacco in California have died in the legislature.
One of the critical killing points? Concern over impeding a Middle East tradition, lawmakers say.
In the state Senate in May, a flavored-tobacco ban was advancing toward the Senate floor but only after it was amended to exclude hookah products.
Hookah, sometimes called shisha or nargila or argila, is tobacco smoked through a large water pipe and popular in some Middle Eastern cafes across the country. It is sold in a wide array of flavors ranging from watermelon and apple to chocolate-mint and coconut.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/califo ... -tradition
Re: California lawmakers retreat on hookah ban citing 'Middle East cultural tradition
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 4:09 pm
by Della
And?
Re: California lawmakers retreat on hookah ban citing 'Middle East cultural tradition
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 4:10 pm
by ReadingRainbow
I used to go to this Hookah bar on Ventura Avenue that was awesome.
Re: California lawmakers retreat on hookah ban citing 'Middle East cultural tradition
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 4:45 pm
by Deleted User 276
I have a hookah! What a silly ban in the first place.
Re: California lawmakers retreat on hookah ban citing 'Middle East cultural tradition
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 4:49 pm
by Deleted User 1393
It won't be banned because muslims use it? what
Re: California lawmakers retreat on hookah ban citing 'Middle East cultural tradition
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:53 pm
by Lemons
Hookah bars are popular in NYC. They should be excluded from a ban because you can’t enter the bar unless you’re a 21year old adult or older.
Re: California lawmakers retreat on hookah ban citing 'Middle East cultural tradition
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:20 pm
by Momto2boys973
Nargilas are quite popular in middle eastern restaurants here.
Re: California lawmakers retreat on hookah ban citing 'Middle East cultural tradition
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:21 pm
by Lexy
Lemons wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:53 pm
Hookah bars are popular in NYC. They should be excluded from a ban because you can’t enter the bar unless you’re a 21year old adult or older.
A hookah smoker is exposed to charcoal smoke and tobacco smoke why is an ecig and cigarettes banned in bars?
Re: California lawmakers retreat on hookah ban citing 'Middle East cultural tradition
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:22 pm
by AnonXxdarkfoxx1
Lexy wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:21 pm
Lemons wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:53 pm
Hookah bars are popular in NYC. They should be excluded from a ban because you can’t enter the bar unless you’re a 21year old adult or older.
A hookah smoker is exposed to charcoal smoke and tobacco smoke why is an ecig and cigarettes banned in bars?
Really? You don't know the difference between a bar and a hookah bar? Ffs
Re: California lawmakers retreat on hookah ban citing 'Middle East cultural tradition
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:27 pm
by Lexy
AnonXxdarkfoxx1 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:22 pm
Lexy wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:21 pm
Lemons wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:53 pm
Hookah bars are popular in NYC. They should be excluded from a ban because you can’t enter the bar unless you’re a 21year old adult or older.
A hookah smoker is exposed to charcoal smoke and tobacco smoke why is an ecig and cigarettes banned in bars?
Really? You don't know the difference between a bar and a hookah bar? Ffs
Under the Smoke Free Air Act, smoking is illegal in most indoor places, including bars, restaurants, clubs, offices, and many other public areas in NYC
I am trying to understand how you can ban one and not the other. Hookah smoke poses dangers associated with secondhand smoke just as a cigarette does.