• HSBC

Shisha dangers highlighted

  • United Arab Emirates: Monday, November 05 - 2007 at 07:29

The proposed law which would see the end of shisha smoking in public in the UAE has been bolstered by a report from the French anti-tobacco agency, OFT, according to Gulf News. The study found one shisha session is the same as smoking 70 cigarettes. Dr Layla Al Marzouqi, a cardiologist at the Dubai Hospital, said she hoped the findings would the end the 'myth' that shisha is safer than cigarettes.

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