Hookah Craze Hits Eastern Iowa, Much Funnier If You Thought I Said 'Hooker'

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"A smoking new trend from the Middle-East is filtering its way into eastern Iowa. University of Iowa student Robin Loewe is tired of doing the same old things.

Loewe says, 'There's not that much to do besides going to the bar or sit in your room and watch a movie or something.'

That is why she decided to try out one of the newest trends among 18 to 24 year-olds, smoking hookah. Also known as a water pipe or hubble-bubble, a hookah is a device used for smoking tobacco through a water filter." (more)