Egypt attempts crackdown on shisha - Coke and smoke

Egypt is a country where smoking is cheap and often described as a "national habit".  An Egyptian government crackdown on shisha, the popular flavored tobacco-filled water pipe, is facing  resistance all...

Shisha Bars Up In Smoke

Shisha Bar Slumpfrom 7days.aeOwners of shisha bars in Dubai have complained of a massive drop in business due to new health regulations that have banned outdoor smoking of the tobacco. Dubai Municipality launched...

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...

Khaima Bali: Where Orient meets Asia

The thing I like about a place like Bali is the sheer variety of venues on where to eat, drink, relax or just hang out. One of those special places where you can do all of the above is Khaima. What’s the venue? Khaima is a chilled restaurant in Jalan Laksmana/Oberoi, the...

Simone's Winter Broad Peak: Base Camp at last, howling winds above

"Simone's Winter Broad Peak: Base Camp at last, howling winds above Simone's website (multilingual) 10:34 am EST Jan 16, 2007 (MountEverest.net/K2Climb.net) "Base camp at last,” Simone wrote last night. “We took the army helicopter and landed at Broad Peak's base camp, at...

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