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[South Dakota] House rejects bill to include hookah lounges in smoking ban

A bill that would have have included hookah lounges in a statewide smoking ban was narrowly rejected Tuesday by the House of Representatives. The legislation would have added a definition of smoking that is missing from South Dakota’s laws that bans smok
Rapid City (SD) Journal
added Mar 6, 2013 14:59
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[Washington] Hookah lounge ordered to stop passing the pipe, fined $89,000

The Hideout Hookah Lounge in downtown Everett was cited for violating the state's 2005 law that prohibits indoor smoking and was ordered to comply with state laws in addition to being fined $89,100. The lounge, also known as the Wetmore Cafe, had been al
Q13FOX, KCPQ-TV (Seattle,WA)
added Mar 6, 2013 13:21
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[Saudi Arabia] Hubble-bubble trouble: Shisha ban goes up in smoke with ‘takeaways’

The shisha ban in public restaurants and cafes has taken effect in Jeddah, with the aim of protecting public health. However, soon after the ban was implemented, Jeddawis began searching for alternatives that would allow them to continue enjoying smoking
Arab News (sa)
added Mar 6, 2013 13:19
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BIZ BRIEF: JT acquires leading Egyptian water pipe tobacco firm

Japan Tobacco Inc. announced March 4 that the JT Group has completed the acquisition of Egypt's Al Nakhla Tobacco Co. With headquarters and two factories in Cairo and Shebin El Kom, Nakhla is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of water pipe tobacc
Asahi Shimbum (jp)
added Mar 4, 2013 05:43
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[Saudi Arabia] AHMAD: Smoking-free society: A pipe dream

So apart from the government and the NGOs, we, people of our society, should in our own way discourage this scourge and pave the way for a cleaner and better society.
Saudi Gazette Online (sa)
added Mar 3, 2013 18:51
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Merlyn Griffiths: The Unhappy Hookah

The campus craze is regarded by smokers as a healthy alternative to cigarettes. It's not.
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
added Feb 28, 2013 10:49
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[Texas] Juniors ignite million-dollar e-hookah, cigarette site

Waco junior Yaseen Waqar and Plano junior Rayyan Islam are the co-founders of www.LuxuryLites.com, an electronic cigarette and hookah site. In the last seven months, their company has made $1.7 million in sales with a profit of more than $320,000.
The Baylor Lariat (Waco, TX)
added Feb 28, 2013 04:53
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[UK] Wembley shisa bar owner fails in appeal against smoking ban conviction

A Wembley man has had his attempt to flout the smoking ban in his shisha bar thrown out by the courts. Gurjot Patwalia tried to use a loophole in the law exempting specialist tobacconists from indoor smoking by claiming customers were only ‘sampling pro
Kilburn Times (uk)
added Feb 25, 2013 21:42
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[Turkey] Indoor smoking ban has Istanbul's shisha smokers in a fit

But if all goes according to government plan, he will not be able to smoke inside the cafe much longer. A law requiring shisha cafes to comply with an indoor smoking ban already in place for cigarettes, pipes and cigars since 2009 was published in Turkey
The National Newspaper (ae)
added Feb 23, 2013 22:04
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[UK] Man fined £5000 for smoking ban breaches

The owner of a bar who claimed customers caught smoking indoors were simply testing out a shisha pipe before buying one has been ordered to pay more than £5,000 by a court. Gurjot Patwalia said the Boudoir shisha bar in Maida Vale, north west London, sho
Asian Image (uk)
added Feb 22, 2013 12:32
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