Tag archives: Shisha

Minister Bagus shuts down Beirut market for selling to teens ‘shisha’ water-pipe tobacco smoking

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Ministry of Industry, Trade and tourism has closed Beirut Coffee Shop in Lilongwe for operating business without trade tourism license, poor hygiene, furniture, toilets and allowing smoking of water-pipe tobacco, commonly known as shisha to teenagers among others. In an interview, Minister for the ministry, Salim Bagus said the shop failure to comply with minimum […]

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Calls for ban on Shisha smoking in Malawi, as MP demands more intervention on drug abuse

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Concernced citizens are calling on the government to follow the footsteps of other African countries  and ban smoking of water-pipe tobacco, popularly known as shisha, as the number of young people taking up smoking through this route is soaring. The highly toxic tobacco substance is smoked using a hookah (water pipe) and had gained popularity […]

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