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A hookah lounge manager is worried the city’s public consultation on smoking and vaping regulations is just smoke and mirrors.

City of Calgary officials announced Monday the city will, over the next three weeks, seek public opinion about if and how regulations should be strengthened, focusing their attention on the health risks associated with water pipe or hookah smoking.

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General manager and part-owner of Mazaj Lounge and Restaurant Mireille Harris is anxious they won’t take her opinion seriously because they’ve painted it as a public health concern.

“It’s like if they went to Buffalo Wild Wings and said they didn’t want them to sell wings anymore and asked them how they felt about it,” said Harris, while sitting at a table at Mazaj on Tuesday.

Harris’ lounge would survive if the city moves to prohibit water pipe smoking because they serve alcohol, food and offer in-house games.

But Harris said that won’t be the case for other hookah bars.