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For some fashion-followers, the latest trend is cigar
bars, where the air is blue with smoke, but for other, health-conscious people
there is an alternative; the world's first oxygen bar has opened in Toronto. Here,
instead of drinking alcohol, the customer can breathe pure oxygen while relaxing
and listening to soothing music. The two owners, both
women, were looking for a new business venture when they came up with the idea. "We
thought wouldn't it be great if, instead of going into a smoke-filled bar, we
did something good for ourselves," said Lisa, one of the partners. After
several years of planning, the first bar opened in March 1996 and the business
is rapidly expanding, with new bars opening in Los Angeles and New York very soon. When
customers go into the bar, they are given a plastic tube which is plugged into
the nose. The tube is attached to a tap behind the
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