Editing Hookah (section)

====Nepal====
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| image1 = Hukkah nepal.jpg|caption1=A hookah at a restaurant in Nepal.
| image2 = Tobacco smoking4.jpg|caption2=A man smoking tobacco in hookah (or ''hukka'') in [[Darchula]], [[Nepal]].
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''Hookahs'' (हुक़्क़ा), especially wooden ones, are popular in [[Nepal]]. Use of hookahs has been usually considered to symbolize an elite family status in Nepali history.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iorHBAAAQBAJ&q=hookah+elite+family+status+nepal&pg=PA360|title=North-East India: Land, People and Economy|last1=Dikshit|first1=K. R.|last2=Dikshit|first2=Jutta K.|date=2013-10-21|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9789400770553|access-date=26 October 2020|archive-date=1 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601132444/https://books.google.com/books?id=iorHBAAAQBAJ&q=hookah+elite+family+status+nepal&pg=PA360#v=snippet&q=hookah%20elite%20family%20status%20nepal&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> 
[[File:Huble Buble sign Kathmandu. 1993.jpg|thumb|Huble Buble sign in Kathmandu. 1993]]
Nowadays, the cities of Kathmandu, Pokhara and Dharan have special hookah bars. Although hookahs have started becoming popular among younger people and tourists, the overall number of hookah smokers is likely dwindling owing to the widespread availability of cheaper cigarettes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nepal |first=ECS |title=Smoke on The Water: Hubby-bubbly .Hookah |url=http://www.ecs.com.np/feature_detail.php?f_id=176 |publisher=ECS Nepal |access-date=28 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724190114/http://www.ecs.com.np/feature_detail.php?f_id=176 |archive-date=24 July 2011}}</ref>