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‘Trendy’ Shisha becoming a glue for many new Nairobi city smokers

By David Odongo

NAIROBI, KENYA: It is Friday evening at Nairobi’s Café Habibi. A group of ladies has occupied one table. They are having fun, sipping from wine glasses and shrieking loudly whenever a joke is cracked.  A few minutes later, the wine glasses are pushed aside to make room for Shisha. The sweet fruity aroma of flavoured tobacco wafts slowly across the room. It is tempting.

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