Sept 2001 Attacks Carried on by Hookah Smokers ?!
September 2001 Attacks Carried on by Hookah Smokers ?!
A Ban called 901 ! (a hint at the ninth month of year 2001 ?)
"The new Initiative 901, which bans smoking in places such as restaurants and bars, as well as immediately outside the doors, will spell the end of smoky clubs and bars in about a month. But it will also mean the demise of a culture more ancient but also just emerging in Seattle.
The ban will mean the end for the three hookah bars in Seattle, where mostly young people have been attracted by the Middle Eastern tradition of gathering around the hookah, an ornate vessel that operates like a bong, taking turns smoking tobacco mixed with overripe apples, bananas and other fruits."
By Kery MURAKAMI. "Smoking ban will snuff out hookah bars, too Voter-approved measure makes no exception for Mideast tradition". Seattle Post Intelligencer. Wednesday, November 16, 2005.
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The smoking ban is not only going to kill the Middle Eastern tradition of the hookah, but it's also going to kill the freedom in this democratic country. Smoking is a choice made by people because they have the freedom to do so, and when this law is imposed on them, this freedom will be suppressed.
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