al-bab Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.htm...ah.bars.mxf.cnn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonMac Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 god damn i love hookah. I have been in florida for the past week for vacation and i havn't smoked in a while. just seeing those beautiful pipes and thick flavourful smoke is driving me crazy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoikr3w Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Hookah lounged better get an exception to the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbomberto Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 noticed they called it the "Hookah PEACE-Pipe??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 LAME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kym Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 i second that lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aronparsons Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 QUOTE (The King @ Apr 8 2007, 11:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>LAMEWhat exactly is lame about the report? It's aim is to help hookah lounges work around anti-smoking legislation. I think the shots they used and the people they spoke to represented the hookah community in a positive light. The fact that it was on a major news outlet such as CNN will only give the subject more exposure and hopefully help in these battles that are beginning to take place all over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanneff Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 QUOTE (djbomberto @ Apr 8 2007, 01:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>noticed they called it the "Hookah PEACE-Pipe???Yeah I saw that too But I actually liked the report. It wasn't anti-hookah and didn't try to compare heath risks and crap, it was just trying to help people notice other places are out there and the smoking bans could affect them unless something is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
web250 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 That was a pretty fair and even report if I do say so myself.None of that fox news propagandsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldonb1 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 have any of yall been to zeeba's? they suck haha. i dono i just dont like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Spork Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 QUOTE (aldonb1 @ Apr 8 2007, 10:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>have any of yall been to zeeba's? they suck haha. i dono i just dont like them.pray tell why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Midnight Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Yeah, this was a good report. I caught it this morning. We may soon find ourselves in a battle here in Michigan working against a ban that does not currently offer an exemption for hookah lounges. Reports like this can only serve to help us in this struggle for common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonMac Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 I think the people were saying the lame thing was the title of being hookah PEACE pipe and emphasizing PEACE. kind of linking hookah to being a hippy or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanas Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Overall I thought the report was a breath of fresh air. Different from the rest of the new coverage putting hookah in a bad light. The one thing I didn't really like was the very end when it was brought up the health risks. I didn't see any reason for that to be included in the report, which was all about the troubles hookah bars are seeing with the passage of new regulations on public smoking. It's been well understood for years that smoking tobacco is bad. Shisha is tobacco, so why the need to bring up the health risks?My little pet peeve there. Thanks for letting me rant a bit, I'll get off the soap box now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 idk, it was better than some of the other reports, but it still seemed a little negative to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheetz Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 That was the best report I could have come my way. It helps push the fact that lounges should have an exemption to the smoke out laws in Maryland. If they ban hookah lounges looks my lounge wont exist. Which to me, is complete bullshit and is against our rights as an American. I am already utterly angry with Virginia having the Roanoke Times put every single persons name in VA who owns a concealed handgun permit. I don't need strike 2 with Maryland being the one to dish out a ban on hookah lounges.EDIT: Well it looks like all lounge owners are royally FUCKED. No exemptions are being placed and you have to have a waiver made for your business when the law takes effect. That waiver only lasts till 2011 and its not renewable. I hope someone gets in office to over turn that bullshit rule, otherwise it looks like there may be a lawsuit. Who knows, they may toss an exemption in here. They have not released the details of the law, GO GO Maryland being dumb fucks. So I can only wait and see what happens on Monday if they actually tell us the laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joetuo Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 My favorite part about that story was the end when they said the american cancer society says that smoking tobacco is dangerous in a hookah or a cigarette. I think this is sort of a win for hookah because usually on reports like these they like to say that smoking a hookah is like smoking 5 packs of cigs at the same time or some ridiculous number. Also they said that there was not a lot of research on smoking hookah as well.This story seemed to be the most honest and non hookah bashing I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASUSEAN1 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 QUOTE (Scheetz @ Apr 9 2007, 05:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>That was the best report I could have come my way. It helps push the fact that lounges should have an exemption to the smoke out laws in Maryland. If they ban hookah lounges looks my lounge wont exist. Which to me, is complete bullshit and is against our rights as an American. I am already utterly angry with Virginia having the Roanoke Times put every single persons name in VA who owns a concealed handgun permit. I don't need strike 2 with Maryland being the one to dish out a ban on hookah lounges.EDIT: Well it looks like all lounge owners are royally FUCKED. No exemptions are being placed and you have to have a waiver made for your business when the law takes effect. That waiver only lasts till 2011 and its not renewable. I hope someone gets in office to over turn that bullshit rule, otherwise it looks like there may be a lawsuit. Who knows, they may toss an exemption in here. They have not released the details of the law, GO GO Maryland being dumb fucks. So I can only wait and see what happens on Monday if they actually tell us the laws.im sorry about the bad news, i hope things change for the bettergood luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldonb1 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 yeah best of luck scheetz. i really doubt maryland is going to go through w/ this. In the end I have confidence that they are going to put an exemption for Hookah Bars. The only thing that they might do which might screw ya is they might make an expemption to current smoking establishments but not any made after the bill is made a law. I dono tho. Wel'p if you ever get it up and running i'll be sure to visit ^.^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cemab4y Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I just saw that report on hookah bars/lounges this weekend (I am in Iraq, and we get CNN here). My USA residence is in Fairfax county VA (Maryland state line), and I am familiar with Maryland's draconian smoking laws. Montgomery county Maryland passed an ordinance some years ago, attempting to ban smoking in individual's private residences! The ban was overturned.Virginia is much more tobacco-friendly than Maryland. Maryland is probably the most anti-tobacco state in the USA, after Utah. I will not be back in Virginia until August 2008. I hope some smart operator sets up a hookah lounge/bar in Arlington or Alexandria VA, they will do well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayVer Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 wow.. I almost went to that hookah bar too when I went to maryland this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glz88 Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I dunno I just watched that thing and I liked it. They appealed to logic unlike other news statsions. Anyway i'm sorry that the gov is being shitty good luck with that damn law up in maryland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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