LOS ANGELES -- In 2019, business owners from the local area started gathering frequently at Arnie Abramyan's Hookah Lounge in the suburbs of Los Angeles to fight a proposed statewide ban for the sale of flavored tobacco. From the very Armenian community of Tujunga in the foothills Tujunga, which is located in the foothills of San Gabriel Mountains, Abramyan as well as other hookah stores and cafe owners started spreading information about the ban, which was prompted by the growing epidemic of teens using electronic cigarettes and young adults, could force the business out of business and end an old-fashioned…