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Lighters Anchor Tobacco Accessories

The news wasn’t as good for other accessories, such as rolling papers and pipes. These smoking accessories saw sales decline a modest 0.57% to $254 million, according to SymphonyIRI.
Convenience Store Decisions
added Apr 3, 2013 09:16
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[Uganda] KIMOSHO: Governmnent should regulate shisha smoking

When you talk to young people who have made it a habit to smoke shisha, they have all the best words they can use to describe it. Some will tell you that it is flavoured, tastes nice and smells sweet. None among them has ever thought of its side effects.
The Observer (ug)
added Mar 25, 2013 05:58
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[California] Illegal cigarette sales to teens on the rise, report says

Illegal sales of cigarettes to minors has increased for the first time in three years across California, and the use of smokeless tobacco products such as snus is rising among youth, according to a first-of-its-kind report released by state public health
Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram
added Dec 14, 2012 13:57
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California health officials sound alarm over hookah smoking

California public health officials warned on Thursday of a sharp rise in tobacco smoking from hookahs, and a proliferation of cafes and lounges offering the Middle Eastern-style water pipes, which experts say can be at least as harmful as cigarettes.
Reuters
added Dec 14, 2012 13:38
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Should hookah bars remain open despite Washington's indoor smoking ban?

The lounges say they’re private clubs, not public venues, so the law doesn’t apply. They all charge some sort of membership fee, typically about $5. That defense doesn’t sway health officials, like Frank DiBiase of the Tacoma Pierce County Health Depart
KPLU 88.5 (Seattle, WA)
added Sep 18, 2012 00:12
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[Israel] Iran study: Water pipes as dangerous as cigarettes

Iranian researchers at Mashhad University of Medical Science -- who have just published a study on the matter in the journal Respirology -- have found that nargilas are just as harmful to lung function and the respiratory system as conventional tobacco pr
Jerusalem Post
added Aug 30, 2012 09:51
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[Canada] Victoria bylaw loophole opens door for hookah pipes

A loophole in Victoria's anti-smoking bylaw has opened the door for businesses to allow indoor smoking with hookahs, or water pipes. Medical health officer Dr. Richard Stanwick says the bylaw only bans tobacco smoke, but it doesn't prohibit people from
CBC News (ca)
added Aug 26, 2012 20:17
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Hookah steam stones: smoking vapour expands from electronic cigarettes to waterpipes

A limited number of studies suggest that health risks associated with hookah smoking are similar to those of cigarette smoking
Tobacco Control
added Aug 4, 2012 14:44
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Predictors of Initiation of Hookah Tobacco Smoking: A One-Year Prospective Study of First-Year College Women.

These findings suggest that hookah prevention and intervention efforts may need to address other forms of substance use as well as hookah use. (
American Psychological Association
added Jul 19, 2012 07:58
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Carbon monoxide levels in water pipe smokers in rural Laos PDR

Tobacco Control
added Jun 25, 2012 11:43
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