Photo: Shisha smoking is often seen as being less harmful than cigarette smoking, but it's actually just as, if not more — a single session is equivalent to inhaling smoke from 100 or more cigarettes; Wikimedia Commons
The import, distribution and sale of shisha will be banned in Singapore from later in November, The Straits Times reports, based on statements made by the Ministry of Health's (MOH) Parliamentary Secretary Associate Professor Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim today.
Dr. Faishal was responding to Dr. Chia Shi-Lu of the Tanjong Pagar GRC, who was asking about the Ministry's plans for the regulation on shisha use.
The ban will come under the new Prohibited Tobacco Products Regulations under Section 15 of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act.
According to The Straits Times' report, existing licensed tobacco importers and retailers who import or sell shisha tobacco will be allowed to continue doing so until July 31 next year, so as to allow them to deplete their stock and restructure their businesses away from shisha.
Smoking shisha is often seen as being less harmful and addictive than cigarette smoking. It is in fact, just as if not more harmful — according to the World Health Organisation, a typical shisha session is equivalent to smoking 100 or more cigarettes.
Photo: Shisha smoking is often seen as being less harmful than cigarette smoking, but it's actually just as, if not more — a single session is equivalent to inhaling smoke from 100 or more cigarettes; Wikimedia Commons
The import, distribution and sale of shisha will be banned in Singapore from later in November, The Straits Times reports, based on statements made by the Ministry of Health's (MOH) Parliamentary Secretary Associate Professor Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim today.
Dr. Faishal was responding to Dr. Chia Shi-Lu of the Tanjong Pagar GRC, who was asking about the Ministry's plans for the regulation on shisha use.
The ban will come under the new Prohibited Tobacco Products Regulations under Section 15 of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act.
According to The Straits Times' report, existing licensed tobacco importers and retailers who import or sell shisha tobacco will be allowed to continue doing so until July 31 next year, so as to allow them to deplete their stock and restructure their businesses away from shisha.
Smoking shisha is often seen as being less harmful and addictive than cigarette smoking. It is in fact, just as if not more harmful — according to the World Health Organisation, a typical shisha session is equivalent to smoking 100 or more cigarettes.