When it comes to smoking, the hookah — or water pipe — is a common sight throughout most of the Arab world. The pipes filter tobacco smoke through a bowl filled with water and are often shared by many smokers.
But health officials, worried about the spread of swine flu, are now offering smokers what they say is a healthier choice.
Worldfocus partner Al Arabiya reports from the front lines of the hookah-smoking world in Jordan (translated and narrated by Worldfocus producer Mohammad al-Kassim).
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