Sales of hookah pipes and tobacco are surging
The sales of hookah pipes and associated tobacco called shisha has gone up ten-fold in the last couple of years, says a local tobacco seller.
Peter Hogue, a manager at Old Morris Tobacconists on Government, said most of the sales are to university-aged people, around 21 years old although some users, including himself, are up to 35 years old.
“It’s a young thing. It’s a social thing. The general population is not doing a reefer in it,” Hogue said, adding that in many cities including Vancouver and Seattle, hookah bars are springing up.
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