According to MINISANTE, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released advisory note concerning water-pipe tobacco smoking, stating that they cause health effects and recommended actions for regulators.<\/p>\n
The note by the WHO expressed that Shisha Tobacco smoking is damaging, addictive and dangerous on human lives.<\/p>\n
The note says that the smoke that emerges from water-pipe contains numerous toxicants known to cause lung cancer and heart diseases among others.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccordingly, the Ministry of Health informs general public that the use, advertisement and import of water-pipe tobacco smoking known as Shisha Tobacco is banned on Rwandan territory effective from 15th December, 2017,\u201d reads the ministry\u2019s statement released on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The statement cautions the public that failure to comply with the notice, sanctions as provided by the law will be applied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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