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This is what hookah is and why it's on the county's radar

Sadi Brunetta, general manager of 787 Hacienda, demonstrates using a hookah on Thursday, May 23, 2019. Hall County commissioners are taking a 90-day moratorium on issuing a hookah lounge business license to further investigate the effects of the smoking device. - photo by Austin Steele

05242019 HOOKAH 002.jpg — Sadi Brunetta, general manager of 787 Hacienda, demonstrates using a hookah on Thursday, May 23, 2019. Hall County commissioners are taking a 90-day moratorium on issuing a hookah lounge business license to further investigate the effects of the smoking device. - photo by Austin Steele

A hookah, also called a shisha, is a water pipe that contains a smoke chamber, a bowl and one or more hoses. People use the device to smoke sweetened or flavored tobacco.