Both organisations mounted grassroots efforts in opposition to tobacco taxes in the states and in 2012 were participating in the campaign against a proposed tobacco tax initiative in California.116 AFP and FreedomWorks have advanced standard industry arguments against tobacco taxes,117 ,118 including tobacco taxes are regressive,119 ,120 adversely affect business20 ,121 ,122 and shift sales to surrounding states, the internet, or the black market.123 ,124 In 2009, FreedomWorks fought a proposed tobacco tax increase in Arkansas with an Enough is Enough! advertisement, recalling the tobacco industry campaign from the late 1980s and 1990s.42 ,125 AFP used the same message to oppose a tobacco tax initiative (Proposition 29) in California in 2012.126 AFP and FreedomWorks have opposed smoke-free laws across the country since at least 2006 (see online supplementary table S4)
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Some of these are indicated below: Hookah (Indian subcontinent) Narghile (Israel) Argileh (Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, Azerbaijan, and Kuwait) Chillim (Uzbekistan and Afghanistan) Shisha (Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Somalia, and countries of the Arab Peninsula) Hookah Smoking: Facts and Figures Nearly 4.8 percent high school students in the US smoke hookah Around 13.6 percent of young adults aged 18-24 years in the US smoke hookah The age-group of 18-24 years accounts for 55 percent hookah smokers across the US Hookah smokers are more likely to start smoking cigarettes than non-hookah smokers Hookah smoking is spreading at an alarming rate among the youth worldwide As per a survey of seven Middle East countries, the rate of hookah smoking ranges between 9-15 percent, which is higher than cigarette smoking in some other countries A UK study showed that the prevalence of hookah smoking is more than double that of cigarette smoking Why is Hookah Smoking Dangerous
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