Parliament is working on a Bill that among other things wants smoking of Shisha [Hookah] banned.
Shisha smoking, the latest fad for the middle-class and the youth, is a brand of smoking where tobacco is flavoured using water.
The team that is currently drafting Uganda’s Tobacco Control Bill (TCB) intends to produce an avalanche of laws that will effectively ban Shisha smoking as well as providing guidelines for tobacco smokers.
Health experts attribute the increases to the belief among some youth that smoking is “cool”.
And now the parliamentary committee in charge is concerned about the increasing health effects of the flavored tobacco products that are now a mainstay in almost all night clubs around Uganda. Shisha smoke is said to be 200 times more toxic than cigarette smoke.
