House-passed legislation would ban hookah tobacco

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Legislation passed by the House of Representatives to ban flavored electronic cigarettes would outlaw the flavored tobaccos used in hookah pipes.

The bill, the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act authored by Democrat Frank Pallone of New Jersey that was approved last week, would ban flavored tobacco, which members of Congress say attracts teenagers to use nicotine.

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