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Why Is Shisha Smoking Allowed?
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Shisha parlours are springing up all over, where tobacco, sometimes mixed with perfumed molasses, is smoked in water pipes.
Tobacco smoking is banned. This is tobacco smoking, so why is it allowed?
https:/ /www.bh f.org.u k/heart -health /risk-f actors/ smoking /shisha
Is it another "cultural practice" we're pussyfooting around?
Tobacco smoking is banned. This is tobacco smoking, so why is it allowed?
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Is it another "cultural practice" we're pussyfooting around?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.A shisha bar is legal only if the smoking takes places in an open space, the same as smoking shelters outside pubs.
They usually have canvas roofs, open sides and patio heaters and must have planning permission and safety certificates.
No pussyfooting around any one group of people. Shisha bars are very popular near universities and people of all races and cultures use them.
They usually have canvas roofs, open sides and patio heaters and must have planning permission and safety certificates.
No pussyfooting around any one group of people. Shisha bars are very popular near universities and people of all races and cultures use them.
Venator...in answer to your last question....no, I don't think it is anything to do with culture at all. It appears from the responses on here today, that these places are complying with the law on smoking in public places, so I can't see that they are at fault at all. Most of the pubs and clubs around my locality are equipped with "smoking shelters" which comply with the law in the same way.
The provisions of Chapter 1 of the Health Act 2006 (banning smoking in enclosed public places) were put in place to protect people from passive smoking. i.e. they exist to protect people who aren't smoking, not the smokers themselves.
So, given that hookahs put out very little smoke into the air (as it nearly all goes into the smoker's lungs) a case could probably be argued for exempting their use from the legislation.
However, as the law stands, it is clear that their use (within enclosed public spaces) is illegal:
http:// www.leg islatio n.gov.u k/ukpga /2006/2 8/part/ 1/chapt er/1
So, given that hookahs put out very little smoke into the air (as it nearly all goes into the smoker's lungs) a case could probably be argued for exempting their use from the legislation.
However, as the law stands, it is clear that their use (within enclosed public spaces) is illegal:
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