Letter: Hookah lounge is a bad idea

I am in shock about "Village's lounge act" [News, July 13]. The mayor of Farmingdale and the Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce are happily promoting a hookah lounge downtown? This, after knowing the dangers of smoking tobacco?

Tobacco use not only causes cancer and heart disease in smokers, but secondhand smoke can harm others, including nonsmoking patrons and employees. It seems as though the almighty dollar takes precedence over the health of our children.

Ruth Tarlow, Port Washington