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Beyond Cigarettes: Federal Regulation of Other Tobacco Products

Date: Tue, 05/21/2013 ... This webinar will discuss the potential for FDA regulation and what public health professionals and advocates can do to press the FDA to exercise its authority over all tobacco products to protect public health.
Public Health Law Center (William Mitchell College of Law)
added May 15, 2013 17:33
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[UK] Shisha café fined £375 for breaking smoking laws

THE owner and manager of a shisha café have both been fined for allowing people to smoke in an enclosed marquee.
Luton & Dunstable Express (uk)
added May 15, 2013 09:43
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[West Virginia] Morgantown lounge grandfathered into smoking ban

There's only one hookah bar in the state of West Virginia, and after a recent Wheeling-Ohio County Board of Health meeting, it appears it will stay that way. In March, Wheeling resident Trey Santorine asked Ohio County health board members to relax the c
AP - Associated Press
added May 12, 2013 17:07
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[UK] Illegal Blackburn shisha den closed down after police raid

Police, sniffer dogs and staff from the council’s public protection unit stormed Velvet shisha lounge, in Blackburn, after obtaining a warrant. Around 30 people inside were spoken to by police, who were following up information about the alleged storag
Blackburn, Darwen And Hyndburn Citizen (uk)
added May 8, 2013 14:40
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[California] Clearing the air: Hookah lounges, pens and the dangers of secondhand smoke

The recent news of some Temecula Middle School students being found with and selling hookah pens on campus will have many parents asking just what this new fad is and whether or not it’s a healthy pastime for young teens.
Southwest Riverside (CA) News Network
added May 7, 2013 02:10
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[Arizona] BUCKLIN: While drug-free, e-cigarettes push dangerous habit

Hookah pens give young people practice on the ritual of smoking. ... Perhaps 20 years from now we will be able to tell you positively whether hookah pens lead to smoking. In the meantime, my kids don’t play with guns or e-cigarettes. What about your kids
AZ Central - Arizona Republic
added May 6, 2013 01:50
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[California] BUCKLIN: Hookah pens: Gateway to smoking tobacco?

it does give a young person practice with the ritual of smoking. They put the darn thing in their mouth and intentionally inhale warm vapors. It is part pacifier, part forbidden fun. Once they have practiced that, it's an easy step to exchange the perfum
Merced (CA) Sun-Star
added May 4, 2013 13:54
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[Netherlands] Addiction institute says mini waterpipe teaches kids to smoke

The Trimbos addiction research institute says the use of mini waterpipes known as shisha pens is not to be recommended because of the likely impact on health. The electronic cigarettes, which come in fruit flavours and different colours, are becoming a
DutchNews.nl (nl)
added May 3, 2013 16:08
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[Sudan] Shisha Smoking Makes Quiet Reappearance in Khartoum

Khartoum city authorities revoked the licences of shisha cafes two years ago after radical preachers said the practice - which involves inhaling flavored tobacco, or shisha, through a water pipe also known as a hookah or arghila - not only damaged the he
Reuters
added May 3, 2013 02:37
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Water Pipe No Safer Than Cigarettes: Study

People who smoke tobacco through a water pipe, also known as a hookah, are still exposing themselves to a harmful mix of toxins, according to a small new study. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), cautioned that water pip
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Apr 30, 2013 16:22
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