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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>A five-day joint operation carried out by the Ministry of Health, Police and authorities in several bars across Jinja City has led to the arrest of 14 shisha smokers.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Jinja South Division Health Inspector, Mr Kenneth Nandala, said a total of 14 suspects were arrested during the operation and handed over to Jinja Central Police Station.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the joint operation, five shisha pots, shisha pipes and tins of shisha-making ingredients were recovered, which will act as exhibits in Court during the prosecution of those dealing in this illegal business,\u201d Mr Nandala said last week.<\/p>\n

Mr Nandala added that the suspects include three bar managers and 11 customers, who were allegedly found smoking shisha.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe health inspection department which I head went out for inspections in these bars to verify the health standards and shisha pots were found; we advised the management to take them away but they didn\u2019t,\u201d Mr Nandala further explained.<\/p>\n

The surprise night raids on different bars were led by Ms Christine Ahimbisibwe, the Programme Officer Tobacco Control Programme at the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n

Ms Ahimbisibwe said the operation was prompted by the discovery that people continue smoking shisha which was outlawed in the Tobacco Control Act (2015), which prohibits the importation of shisha products into the country reportedly for its deadly nature to health.<\/p>\n

An individual who contravenes the law is fined not less than Shs480,000 and or is imprisoned for not less than one year or both.<\/p>\n

Corporations that contravene the law are fined not less than Shs20m, withdrawal of their operating licence and other licenses as specified in the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Tobacco Act banned people from smoking in public, but there was a discovery that people had resorted to Shisha which, too, was banned. Smoking shisha has become increasingly popular with young people yet it poses a huge threat to human health,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

According to Ms Ahimbisibwe, the government spent at least Shs1m on each person admitted at Mulago Hospital after contracting cancer resulting from Shisha use; therefore, the crackdown was important to prevent an increase in the number of such patients.<\/p>\n

Further justifying the raid, Ms Ahimbisibwe said the government makes efforts to prevent the importation of shisha pots but people have started making them locally.<\/p>\n

\u201cUganda Revenue Authority (URA) has always impounded shisha pots at the border, but people in the country are making them; so, these raids are helping us eliminate their existence,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

One consumer, who survived the raid, said those using shisha don\u2019t harm others, while the after effects do not interfere with others either; therefore, people should be left to use it.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Health, however, says shisha smokers are at risk of contracting the same diseases suffered by those who smoke \u201cconventional cigarettes\u201d, such as cardiovascular heart diseases, respiratory diseases, cancer, and problems during pregnancy among others.<\/p>\n

About Shisha<\/b><\/p>\n

Shisha is an Egyptian word for \u201cwater pipe\u201d, Nargile in Turkish and Syria or hookah in India. Traditionally, it contains cigarette tobacco, so like cigarettes, it contains nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide and heavy metals such as arsenic and lead.<\/p>\n

Fruit flavoured tobacco is burnt on top of lit charcoal and the smoke is then sucked through a pipe.<\/p>\n

The British Heart Foundation suggests that an hour-long shisha session can be equivalent to smoking more than 100 cigarettes, while research by the World Health Organisation has shown an average pipe-smoking session of around an hour is equivalent to smoking up to 200 cigarettes.<\/p>\n

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