Sheesha should be banned
On May 10th, 2011 Sindh Assembly approved a resolution to ban smoking 'Sheesha' in hotels, restaurants and other open places. This was the most shocking news for the young generation of Pakistan. But no one took it seriously and people are enjoying sheesha with their friends.
Each sheesha session typically lasts more than 40 minutes. In an hour-long smoking session of hookah, users consume about 100 to 200 times the smoke of a single cigarette. In a 45-minute smoking session a typical smoker would inhale 1.7 times the nicotine of a single cigarette. The water used to filter the smoke does not remove harmful cancer-causing chemicals as is believed by some. So it should be banned completely.
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