and the “flavored shisha tobacco product” used in hookah pipes. It never went into effect. Big Tobacco quickly launched a referendum drive and gathered enough signatures to bring the issue to voters.

Smoking a waterpipe with flavored shisha tobacco. A firm with Syrian-Jordanian roots, AIR is one of the biggest exporters of shisha tobacco, which is consumed through waterpipes. The Dubai-based ...

At the heart of shisha’s popularity is the vast spectrum of hookah flavors available. These range from the more traditional offerings that mirror the sensory experience of the Middle East to ...

At Mr. Hookah on Southeast Stark Street at 183rd Avenue, customers can choose from about two dozen flavors of sticky, reddish hookah tobacco, also called shisha. Owner Clovis Ain packs the shisha ...

But unlike the California law, which specifically exempted the flavored shisha sold in hookah lounges, the Multnomah County ordinance makes no exceptions. That will likely drive Portland's handful ...

Flavored tobacco products, also called shisha, are fundamental for the business, Christian said. Without it, he’s not sure if the shop will survive if the ordinance passes. Shisha was originally ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Efforts to ban flavored tobacco products in Washington got a breath of life, as a bill to do so got a committee hearing Monday after the effort was previously assumed dead.

Flavored shisha, or hookah, tobacco would be exempt from the prohibition. The bill also adds a $2-per-pack tax on cigarettes. That tax would rise with inflation. The first $5 million from the new ...

and the “flavored shisha tobacco product” used in hookah pipes. It never went into effect. Big Tobacco quickly launched a referendum drive and gathered enough signatures to bring the issue to ...