Pipe down
Dear Punjint: “The deal,” as they say, is that hookah smoking is simply awesome, in the way that only a communal activity whose health risks haven’t yet been fully assessed can be.
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Pipe down
Dear Ace: What's the deal with all of the hookah smoking in town? Are people smoking tobacco in there, or what? And isn't it unsanitary to put your mouth where all those other people's mouths have been? Just wondering.—Punjint R. Omah
Dear Punjint: “The deal,” as they say, is that hookah smoking is simply awesome, in the way that only a communal activity whose health risks haven’t yet been fully assessed can be.
The politics of partying
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Man Charged in weekend shooting death
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House recommends $2 million for South Lawn
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Medicaid recipients must soon prove citizenship
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Caravati reflects on his council legacy
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