Basim Dubaybo
Name a largely Arab American city where hookah smoking is on the rise
Despite all the warnings about tobacco and lung cancer, it’s not easy to stop teenagers from smoking. And in one large American city that’s home to a large Arab American community, health officials say teen smoking is on the rise. But it’s not cigarettes luring young smokers there. It’s the hookah or shisha–the kind of waterpipe popular throughout the Middle East.Despite all the warnings about tobacco and lung cancer, it’s not easy to stop teenagers from smoking. And in one large American city that’s home to a large Arab American community, health officials say teen smoking is on the rise. But it’s not cigarettes luring young smokers there. It’s the hookah or shisha–the kind of waterpipe popular throughout the Middle East.
