Tag: tobacco

Enforcing Jordan’s Smoking Ban: Is the Kingdom Blowing Smoke?

Five years following its ban on smoking in restaurants and other public spaces, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan will...

Chickpea Farmers Wanted in America for Hummus Invasion: Move Over Tobacco!

As hummus, a staple of Middle Eastern cuisine, gains popularity among Americans seeking healthful snacks, tobacco farmers open their...

Anti-Tobacco Images Fail to Sway Jordanian Smokers

If new anti-smoking images slapped on Jordan's smokes don't help puffers kick the habit, maybe Jordan should look Down...

Shiazo’s Burn and Stink-free Hookah Hits the Streets

There's a new hookah on the street and she leaves without a trace... on your lungs. Shiazo Steam Stone Shisha...

Hooked on Hookah? It’s Worse than Smokes, Says Iran

A 45 minute shisha session is the equivalent of puffing 100 cigarettes. In a new study, Iranian researchers proved tobacco water...

Baghdad Fights Tobacco Trend Among Youth

Nearly seven percent of adolescent Iraqis have smoked shisha, and more than three percent have smoked tobacco, raising concerns...

Enforcing Smoke-free Workplaces in Jordan

I just spit out my coffee. About to move house for the fifth time in as many years, I take a...

Shisha: Don’t Read This If You Love Smoking It

This guy may look kind of sexy with his pipe, but the BBC unveils just how toxic smoking shisha...