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Post by marshalldylan1 on Mar 2, 2007 17:41:43 GMT -5
Hey, I've never been to Bonnaroo, and just reading about all this stuff makes me pumped knowing that I'm going. But, I have a question. Do they allow you to bring in metal hookas? Hookas are great for smoking, and I think it would be a big hit(pun intended). But would they not let me take it in at the check in? Have you seen other people there with hookas? Thanks!
I've brought mine a few times with no problem. The police in the venue never cared. I stopped bringing it when I remembered it was glass (heavy glass) and thought they might confiscate it. My brother got it for me in Yemen and I'd hate to lose it.
I've brought mine a few times with no problem. The police in the venue never cared. I stopped bringing it when I remembered it was glass (heavy glass) and thought they might confiscate it. My brother got it for me in Yemen and I'd hate to lose it.
Post by macaroniandtuna on Mar 2, 2007 18:32:51 GMT -5
I remember seeing a few hookahs last year, but yeah, as troo said, make sure it's not glass. They take glass stuff from you at check-in, they don't want it breaking and having people step on the pieces or whatever.
Post by macaroniandtuna on Mar 2, 2007 22:34:35 GMT -5
Although....hmm....I've been wondering, how do the Shakedown vendors get their glass pieces or grill cover/sneeze-guard things (assuming they have those, I didn't know about Shakedown last year) or whatever in?
no shakedown is where the people who have permits set up boothes. most non permit vending is done by walking the campgrounds. some people set up unlicenesed food and vending boothes but roo will harrass them ocasionaly. usually on thursday. they shut donw one on thursday and they moved around the corner and set it up on friday and had no further problems
Just something to think about...troopers and highway patrol are on the lookout for rooers making their way to manchester. Different states have different laws, and a lot of them consider hookas "paraphernalia", clean or not. Regardless of what you plan on putting in it, keep that in mind. My friend had his confiscated, but not at roo. I don't want to be a downer or anything, I just hate to see something so nice to get taken away.
In 05 everybody thought we had one. But it was really a black hose leading to our air mattress. Somebody forgot the pump, so we just had to manually inflate it
I got pretty close to passing out, and laughing at people that were double-taking when passing our tent made it even worse.
Saw this in the paper today, and thought it was interesting. As a hookah fan, I always wondered this myself. I couldn't get the link to work, so I just pasted the article in. If you wanna look at the actual article, go to www.lsureveille.com .
Hookahs discovered as dangerous as cigarettes Popular belief by Michael Mims Issue date: 3/22/07 Section: Entertainment Originally published: 3/21/07 at 11:30 PM MST Last update: 3/21/07 at 11:30 PM MST PrintEmail Article Tools Page 1 of 1 Media Credit: James Spencer
Hookah smokers on campus might want to think twice before telling themselves their habit is harmless.
According to a report from the World Health Organization, smoking tobacco from a hookah - also known as a shisha - poses the same health risks as smoking cigarettes. "There's been a widespread false belief for decades now that shishas are less harmful and addictive than cigarettes," Hussein Gezairy, Regional Director for WHO, said in a news conference last week, according to a Reuters report.
The average hookah smoking session yields a greater nicotine intake than a pack of cigarettes, according to the WHO report.
Gezairy said that when compared with cigarette smoke, shisha smoke contains more carbon monoxide, an equal level of toxins and additional risks from the carcinogens emitted from the hookah's coal.
Several students on campus were surprised by the news.
Kevin Murphy, biological sciences junior, said he thought the water filtration of hookahs made the smoke safer.
Robyn Carpenter, undecided freshman, considers herself addicted to cigarettes and said she was surprised to hear of the nicotine content of shisha smoke.
"I don't get a fix from the hookah," Carpenter said. "I'll smoke hookah and then still have to smoke a cigarette."
Carpenter said even if hookahs contain the same nicotine content as cigarettes, she does not think they are as habit forming.
"Cigarettes are more of a habit," she said. "I walk to class. I have a cigarette. I can't walk to class and smoke a hookah."
One popular location for students interested in purchasing hookah is the RA Shop, a tobacco store on Highland Road that offers 30 different flavors of shisha, according to Ashley Beech, store manager.
Beech said she does not think the WHO report will affect the store's sales because she thinks most smokers already understand the risks of shisha.
"I really don't think sales will drop," Beech said. "Everybody still realizes tobacco's tobacco. No matter which way you're smoking it, it's still unhealthy."
Beech said she thinks many people will continue to prefer hookahs over cigarettes, even after finding out about the report.
"A lot of people like to smoke flavored tobacco," she said. "You can't get cigarettes in butterscotch or spearmint; that's why more people like to go toward the hookah than cigarettes."
Although the news of the WHO report was surprising to many, other students said the report made sense.
"A lot of people are like 'It's better for you than cigarettes,' but I had that little inkling in my head saying 'No it's not,'" said Jacob Mitchell, studio art freshman. "People are under the impression that the water's going to filter everything out, but that's not the truth."
Devin Waguespack, journalism sophomore, said the report did not surprise him because of the feeling he gets from smoking hookah.
"It makes sense," Waguespack said. "[The nicotine] kind of creeps up on you, and then after awhile you stand up and you realize your head's spinning, and you definitely feel real messed up."
i don't think roo has a hookah lounge but in other hookah-related news, my mother (of all people) called me the other day to tell me that the hookah bars in columbus will be raising their prices....because the new smoking ban forbids smoking in establishments that don't make at least 80% of their profit from tobacco sales. only solution: stop selling food/coffee and/or raise the price of tobacco.
don't know why the man's always trying to get me down.
