In warmth of today’s near 70 degree weather, one group of George Mason University students are participating in a cultural pastime that began in the Middle East and remains a social ritual in the twenty-frist century.

This student, who wishes to be unnamed, is blowing Skittles flavored shisha smoke as it was his turn in the rotation of the hookah circle. The smokers said there are hundreds of exotic shisha flavors such as Passionfruit and Mint. They also said rotating the hookah hose, which is how the shisha is smoked, is an unwritten rule for participating.

Some smokers disagreed, however, on the topic of it’s affects compared to cigarettes. While both agreed that hookah has less chemicals, such as tar, that cigarettes have, they were at a disagreement on whether or not it was addicting or as harmful to health as cigarettes are.