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Should shisha cafes be exempt from the new smoking laws?
- Last Updated: January 09. 2010 9:00PM UAE / January 9. 2010 5:00PM GMT
Under a new anti-tabacco law, hundreds of shisha cafes in residential areas must stop serving tobacco. Should the cafes be exempt from the new laws?
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Added: 01/12/10 11:18:00 AM
yes
London Expat, Abu Dhabi
Added: 01/12/10 10:29:00 AM
Yes.
Paul Waite, London
Added: 01/11/10 11:37:00 PM
I see nothing wrong with indoor shisha cafes with smoke suction facilities. It is not practical to shift all shisha cafes to the outskirts of the city because it is a popular past time here, and one should not have to go out of one's way to be able to smoke a shisha. Villa residents have the option of lighting one at home, but the vast majority of apartment dwellers don't have that option, and a city wide ban may tempt them to take measures which might have damaging effects. As long as there are designated places for smoking shisha which non-smokers are warned of, I believe shisha cafes should be allowed to stick around.
S. A., Abu Dhabi
Added: 01/11/10 03:20:00 PM
no.
Donald Glass, Abu Dhabi