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Jump to full article: Mountain Xpress, 2010-02-03
Author: Michael Schwartz in Vol. 16 / Iss. 28 on 02/03/2010
Intro: David Forbes' Jan. 13 article, "Despite Ban, Hookah Bar Still Smoking," and the accompanying photo, made smoking a hookah (water pipe) look like fun, exotic and safe. The article is full of double-talk. It says the smoking bar features a nontobacco, tea-based "shisha." Then it says "shisha" is a tobacco product. . . .
Smoking a water pipe is not safe. . . .
Editor's note: Thank you for providing the information on smoking cessation. Regarding the shisha used at the Hookah Bar, we apologize for any confusion, but the article did explain that while shisha is traditionally made of tobacco and other substances, the substance smoked at the Hookah Bar is tea-based and contains no tobacco.
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