Shisha Bars

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pamish 4 hours ago
Just as long as they have big clear messages everywhere than an hour's smoking a shisha is equivalent to smoking 100 cigarettes - but it doesn't feel like that as the smoke is cool and sweet. 


Reply by Nia C 2 hours ago
I think people are smart enough to realise that smoking is bad for you.


Reply by pamish 2 hours ago
But somehow they don't think of it as smoking, as it's so different from slipping a fag from a packet. There's been surveys that indicate this, and I bet if you ask any of the shisha smokers how much nicotine and tar products they believe they are absorbing, they wont say, almost two fags a minute.

 
Reply by Nia C 2 hours ago
And I doubt it would stop many people if they found out it had such a high cigarette equivalent. Especially because your 'typical' shisha smoker is either already a cigarette smoker, or only smokes occasionally. Just to clarify, are you also angry that pubs and bars don't display signs warning of the dangers of drinking?


Reply by pamish 57 minutes ago
Drinking doesn't automatically do damage, smoking does.

Not so much angry, as sad that people are poisoning themselves without necessarily knowing it. I do think there's a case for warning notices in shisha bars about just how much nicotine etc they are taking in.


Reply by Nia C 25 minutes ago
For alcohol to do no harm at all, one would have to drink fewer than 0.5 units per day. I think there's just as much reason to have warnings on packaging and in bars that serve alcohol as there is for there to be warnings on the same things to do with smoking.

A lot of things are bad for you, and people should make informed choices. However, regulating the places that serve intoxicants/allow people to partake in other risky behaviour in a way that means warning signs should be prominently displayed is unrealistic in the current cultural climate.


Reply by pamish 21 minutes ago
Informed choice, is what I'm asking for.