PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER

Official insights from Public Health – Seattle & King County staff

Carbon monoxide in hookah smoke

January 27, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

The charcoal used to heat the tobacco in a hookah gives off potentially toxic amounts of carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide (CO) is an invisible, odorless gas that can poison you if you breathe it in. CO is in fumes produced when you burn fuel like charcoal. While many believe smoking hookah—a water pipe used to smoke […]

Operating agreement reached with one local hookah lounge

April 29, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

On Friday, April 29, Public Health — Seattle & King County and Medina, a local hookah lounge, negotiated an operating agreement to resolve an active enforcement action. The criteria agreed upon, if followed by Medina, allows them to remain in business and in compliance with the Washington State Smoking in Public Places Act and King County […]