I've been smoking cigarettes since I came out of the womb, and my kids have always hated it. That's one of the reasons I keep chewing Chantix
Anyway, my oldest has recently broken off a long term relationship and is about the age of the average TFPer so someone here must get this. It seems she often goes to hookah lounges. At first, I thought it was a place to smoke opium (this is what one learns from too much Sherlock Holmes and Anais Nin) but she explained that it was tobacco. She's a little accepting
and when I asked how she could do that, she told me "it's not
that kind of tobacco." She thinks it has no nicotine since it's not made by Phillip Morris.
Best I can google is that it's flavored tobacco and these clubs rose out of some sort of celebration or acceptance of diverse cultures. But what's with the tobacco (I could understand if it were pot a la the "peace pipe") and how does this get rationalized by nonsmokers who wouldn't even date a smoker?