Milford officials decided smoking is bad for you
Jump to full article: NBC Connecticut, 2009-06-26
Author: ALEX ZURITA and DEBRA BOGSTIE
Intro: A hookah bar in Milford went up in smoke last week, but not because it burnt down. The Milford Health Department shut down it down, but the owner has appealed and plans to reopen Friday night.
According to a news release from the Milford Health Department, the Olive Tree Hookah Lounge was closed because smoking tobacco through a water pipe is a "significant health hazard."
For those who don't know, smoking hookah is when you smoke flavored tobacco through a water pipe.
Salmmer Karout of Hamden is challenging Milford's attempts to block him from reopening his exotic smoking lounge featuring hookahs and belly dancers. He appealed the city's action and plans to reopen the club Friday night.
According to the World Health Organization, a typical one-hour session of hookah smoking exposes the user to 100 to 200 times the volume of smoke inhaled from a single cigarette.
Milford officials decided smoking is bad for you and felt the need to step in and protect the people who were making the choice to smoke hookah.
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