Ministry of Health bans sale, manufacture and use of Shisha in Kenya

Last week, former NACADA chairman John Mututho urged the government to follow after Tanzania and Rwanda in banning smoking of Shisha.

Shisha smoking can be as damaging, addictive, and unsafe as cigarettes, because the tobacco is no less toxic in a water pipe.

Whereas there is a group of locals who are very excited about the ban, others are not quite thrilled and they have given their views why.

The Ministry of Health has banned the sale or use of shisha in Kenya.

Then there were these rib-cracking and out of the blue memes.

Shisha lovers in the country have received the ban on importation manufacture, advertising and sale of the commodity in the country with shock terming it ill advised.

If the offence is of a continuing nature, a further fine not exceeding Sh1,000 per day will be imposed, the legal notice dated December 28 says.

According to both World Health Organization (WHO) and Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDCP), the smoke coming from shisha has toxicants that are harmful to human health.

Kenya's ban comes days after Rwanda became the second country in Africa to ban shisha smoking.

The highly-toxic substance rich in tobacco is often smoked using a water pipe and has gained popularity at entertainment establishments in the city over the last few months.

"Cigarette smokers typically take eight to 12 cigarettes with a 40 to 75 millimeter puffs and inhale 0.5 to 0.6 litres of smoke". The substance is known to cause problems during pregnancy.

A study by the University of Nairobi found that shisha had traces of opiates.

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