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Smoke alarm

The young crowd is gaga over tobacco via hookah, spooking health officials

By Kathleen Burge
Globe Staff / April 29, 2007

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On a candle-lighted patio on Newbury Street , surrounded by glittering cafes and boutiques with lower-case names, three college students in jeans are performing an ancient ritual. Beside them on the warm cement sits a toddler-sized water pipe filled with strawberry-flavored tobacco. (Full article: 1016 words)

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