I think they technically count as drug paraphernalia despite the many licit purposes for them...
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Edit: Appears I'm wrong and they're not illegal.
We actually started selling them recently at my cigar shops and we absolutely refuse to sell drug paraphernalia. The police in most towns go around and check stores on a random basis, all my stores have always been clean and the police have been really great and appreciative on their visits.
HOOKA is sort of a weird thing, I don't quite get it, but most of our customers seem to be from ethnic East European decent who are buying it.
A couple of my ladies tried it at a recent trade show, they said it was actually very good. The flavors seem to be pretty wild and I gather most must be sweet as there is a honey/molassass base mixed into the tobacco and many are flavored with various fruits.
There will be some at the INGO CIGAR NIGHT on April 1 in the Schererville store, but I'm not sure if there will be any sampling of them. The cigar representative who is sampling cigars also represents one of the brands of Hooka tobacco and we have that for sale. I'll see if he will sample some of it too...?
INGO CIGAR NIGHT information >>> https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...010_cigar_night_at_pit_stop_cigar_lounge.html
Its actually VERY difficult to turn a profit. Before I sold my company and retired I opened these up as a way to keep busy. I work 1/2 days 4 to 5 days a week, never have earned a penny from these stores, but it keeps me out of my wife's hair. Basically I did it to turn my hobby into a business, so I get to sit around, talk cigars, smoke them from time to time, and chat with customers. Honestly I don't even know how to use the cash register at the stores, and my managers won't teach me Job security for them I suppose. As long as I don't lose too much on the stores they will stay open for a good long while. The Cedar Lake lounge is probably making a profit, the Pine Island lounge is a money loser right now. But as I said, I'm not really needing to make much on these, they are more of a hobby in my retirement.Did not realize you owned a retail chain of tobacco/cigar shops... that's pretty cool - are the margins very good? I know that's a very heavily taxed product and high-risk for theft and diversion...
You can have a water pipe in your car as long as it has no drug residue in it. No smoking device is illegal unless it has drug residue in it.
I got a little worried about this thread when I first saw it. I used to enjoy the hooka myself, but actually using tobacco with it? Nah, that's just not for me. I bet it's a head rush though!
You can have a water pipe in your car as long as it has no drug residue in it. No smoking device is illegal unless it has drug residue in it.
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