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Although hookah bars may be growing in popularity among young adults in the area, hookahs are one more way the tobacco industry is trying to addict a new generation.
  Hookahs (water pipes) use tobacco. When puffing, you inhale tobacco smoke, including the addictive drug nicotine. Hookah smoke might be cooler in temperature than Marlboro cigarettes smoke, but it is just as dangerous.
  Tobacco use is the most preventable cause of death in the United States, killing an estimated 438,000 people in the United States and 5 million worldwide yearly. There is strong evidence that hookah smoking carries similar health risks as Marlboro cigarettes. Hookahs have been linked to many adverse health effects, including lung, oral and bladder cancer, and heart disease.
  Proponents of hookah use wrongly portray it as safer, more natural and less addictive than smoking cigarettes. Research suggests the opposite. Hookah use may cause more exposure to carcinogens, as smokers use hookahs over a longer time period than it takes to smoke a cigarette. Hookah users also inhale more deeply.
  Purveyors of hookah caf?s market these harmful products to 18- to 24-year-olds. The tobacco industry's goal historically has been to get adolescents and young adults addicted. Young people are most likely to experiment with smoking; once addicted, many become lifetime consumers.
  Evidence suggests a relationship between hookah use and cigarette smoking. A recent report from the American Lung Association notes that Michigan teens were more than eight times as likely to smoke cigarettes if they had ever smoked tobacco from a hookah.
  Tobacco use in any form increases your risk of becoming addicted to tobacco, and one in three tobacco users will die early from a tobacco-related, preventable cause. Young adults should recognize tobacco companies' efforts to twist the truth about hookah tobacco smoke as one more attempt to addict young people to nicotine. Local groups should restrict promotion of hookah caf?s to youths, thus making it easier for all adolescents and young adults to reject tobacco, in any form.

Smokers in New York already face some of the highest prices for cigarettes in the country. But last Wednesday, the New York legislature approved a $1.25 tax hike on cigarettes, meaning that taxes alone on a pack in New York are a whopping $4.25, not including a roughly 8% sales tax. Add it all up and a pack of smokes in New York is likely to cost around $9.00. Ouch!
This all got me thinking: Where in the world are cigarettes the cheapest? And more importantly, how can I smuggle a couple hundred thousand packs into New York and sell them for a handsome profit? I think I've more or less discovered the answer to the first question, but I'm still working on the second.
A table produced by the World Health Organization (maybe a couple years old) shows that one pack of Marlboros or an "equivalent international brand" costs about $1.70 in Argentina. As much as I'd love to spend some time in Buenos Aires, I have a feeling I can track down a cheaper pack.
In China, an international brand costs about $1.57, which is sneaking down into my price range. The same thing in Ghana will run about a buck-forty. Cigs in Egypt look to be about $1.17, and those in Georgia are a dollar even. But we can do better than that.
The cheapest "international brand" smokes are to be found in Indonesia, where even fetuses are known to light up every now and then. A pack in the steamy Southeast Asian nation will run you a cool $.62. I probably have enough in my couch cushions for at least a couple.
But enough of this hoity-toity "name brand" crap. Let's look at some prices for the hard stuff-- the kind of violent cigarettes that leave open sores in the mouths and throats of all those who dare to inhale.
A pack of the local brand in Brazil runs about $.88, and in Colombia you can pick one up for about $.64. But don't pay those exorbitant prices-- head to Azerbaijan and pick up a pack of what I'm sure are the smoothest, tastiest cigarettes you've ever had... for a whopping $.33.
Meanwhile, Reuters reports that Kazakhstan's government recently raised the price of a pack of off-brand smokes to a minimum of $.32. At that price, you almost can't afford not to smoke. But don't say I didn't warn you about the open sores.