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Archive Home > 2011 > May > 22 > Hookah lounges caught in legislative cross-hairs

Hookah lounges caught in legislative cross-hairs

State lawmakers and city of Eugene are looking at stronger laws

By Lauren Fox / The Bulletin
May 22, 2011

EUGENE — Al Narah, Eugene’s newest hookah lounge, may have opened in the nick of time.

If Oregon lawmakers pass House Bill 2726, new hookah bars would be banned from opening, but the 62 existing lounges statewide plus any established before July would be grandfathered in.

“We won’t have to worry....

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