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Hookah cafes ignore smoking ban 

At least two hookah parlours are operating in the city despite new regulations banning smoking in all indoor public spaces and workplaces.

The regulations went into effect March 31. . . .

Nick Losito, Vancouver Coastal Health's regional director of health protection, which enforces provincial regulations, said both levels of government are behind the ban on smoking in indoor public facilities, which includes hookah cafes and cigar smoking rooms. He plans to meet with city staff next week to decide how to handle the hookah café problem.

"We have noted hookah smoking happening. The response we're getting is that it's a non-tobacco product, but we have no way of actually confirming that,"

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