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Sorry, hookah bar, no smoking 

The College Station City Council decided Thursday not to make an exception to the city's smoking ordinance for a hookah bar.

Hookah Station in the Northgate district had requested an exclusion from the city ordinance that was revised early this year to prohibit smoking in workplaces, bars and bar areas. Exceptions to the ordinance included specialty tobacco stores and actors or actresses participating in a theatrical performance

Attorney Davis Watson, speaking on behalf of Hookah Station, said the smoking ordinance didn't define a specialty tobacco shop. When the store came to the city, its owners were assured that they wouldn't be included in any smoking ordinance, Watson said.

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