Hookah bars may be snuffed out in Vancouver

City council will decide this week if hookah lounges ought to be banned in Vancouver. At issue is whether hookah smoke, which is largely generated from burning dried fruit, falls under province-wide regulations...

Vancouver's hookah parlours lose smoking exemption

Vancouver city councillors faced a boisterous audience on Thursday as they debated a bylaw from last September that exempts hookah parlours and cigar lounges from Vancouver’s indoor smoking prohibitions....

Hookahs Not Safah?

Hitting the hookah to relax and play it safe(r) than smoking cigarettes with those bad bad carcinogens? Think again. "Hookah smoking may pose same risk as cigarettes Updated Tue. May. 29 2007 6:31 PM...