April 2nd, 2012
The Deputy Commissioners of all five districts of Karachi have been
directed to launch a crackdown campaign against places offering shisha
smoking from today by Karachi Commissioner Roshan Ali Shaikh. This is in
compliance with Sindh Home department’s imposition of Section 144 of
the Criminal Procedure Code banning shisha smoking/selling across the
province for two months.
The ban came following a resolution, which was adopted by the Sindh
Assembly in May last year. Sindh government has already banned the sale
of Gutka in the province.
Smoking a shisha pipe is as bad for people as smoking tobacco, the Department of Health and the Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre has found.
People who smoke shisha, or herbal tobacco, can suffer from high carbon monoxide levels, its research revealed.
It found one session of smoking shisha resulted in carbon monoxide levels at least four to five times higher than the amount produced by one cigarette.
High levels of carbon monoxide can lead to brain damage and unconsciousness.
Shisha is a water-pipe, popular in many Arab countries, in which fruit-scented tobacco is burnt using coal, passed through an ornate water vessel and inhaled through a hose.
People who smoke shisha, or herbal tobacco, can suffer from high carbon monoxide levels, its research revealed.
It found one session of smoking shisha resulted in carbon monoxide levels at least four to five times higher than the amount produced by one cigarette.
High levels of carbon monoxide can lead to brain damage and unconsciousness.
Shisha is a water-pipe, popular in many Arab countries, in which fruit-scented tobacco is burnt using coal, passed through an ornate water vessel and inhaled through a hose.
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