Hookah is Gaining Popularity in America
Hookah first originated in India. It was first made up of coconut shells. Then it modified and developed and took a better shape. Then it traveled to the western countries like Iran, Egypt and Turkey. These countries are now the sites of the best quality hookah. In America, hookah was introduced just a few decades back and now it’s slowly gaining popularity.
In America, it was first introduced in Los Angeles and New York by the Middle Eastern people and they were the only clients. Slowly hookah started gaining popularity and hookah bars and lounges started opening up in other parts of America.
It became popular mainly among the college students. It is most popular among teenagers who have turned legally adults according to the law of their state. In America, if you want to smoke or buy hookah, you have to be at least 18 years of age.
As hookah is most popular among college students, in America, hookah bars have grown up a few paces away from college campuses. Normally students go in groups of more than two and share a single hookah. But a disposable mouthpiece is provided to each patron in order to maintain hygiene.
Hookah bars do not have liquor licenses but instead they make a lot of profit by selling snacks, tea, coffee, soft drinks and sodas. Some hookah bars also have kitchens. In other words you can say that if a restaurant has a separate counter for people to smoke hookah comfortably it can be called a hookah bar or hookah lounge.
Hookah was quite famous in the 19th and 20th century. It was considered a style statement. But then its position was taken over by cigarettes and cigars as they were more handy. But people started being aware of the ill effects of smoking cigarettes and thus started switching back to hookahs because of the several health advantages due to water filtration and the lack of tar.
Though hookah is quite popular in America, that doesn’t mean the whole of American population know about it. There is definitely scope for the growth of the hookah industry in America. The young generations of America have taken this business to a new height. Quite a number of hooking bars and lounges are being opened in different parts of America. In the last half decade more than three hundred hookah bars have opened up in America.
