Word: shisha
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Mohammed Matwli, a manager at Al-Sishawa, points out that half of his establishment's profits come from hookah pipes and that he is planning to lay off staff as a result of the ban. From this month onward shisha smokers will be forced to relocate themselves outside, where Al-Shishawa can at present accommodate only a tenth of its customers. Other cafes that don't serve food face complete closure...
...will be a disaster for the community, for multiculturalism and for London," said Ibrahim El-Nour, director of the London-based Save the Shisha Campaign. "By October, many [bars] will be bankrupt...
...shisha bars have also become a venue for social interaction between more tradition-oriented British Muslims and elements of the wider society. In the northern city of Bradford, scarred by race riots in 2001, a local entrepreneur opened the town's first dedicated shisha lounge two years...
...some Muslim owners hope to dodge the ban, arguing that it only covers "tobacco-based" products, which they say does not describe the fruit-based mixtures which typically go into the shisha pipe...
...government appears unmoved. There have been media reports warning of police action against bars not complying with the ban, while the Department of Health cites a World Health Organization study which says that an average shisha session lasts up to 80 minutes, compared to eight to 12 puffs for cigarettes...