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Shisha Smoking More Harmful Than Cigarettes 

Shisha smokers who regard shisha as another form of smoking with a lower risk should reconsider their thoughts. Its long and short term effects have been revealed by the Health Education and Promotion Unit of the Ministry of Health.

According to research result issued by the Unit, 45 minutes of shisha smoking is equivalent to smoking 50 tobacco cigarettes.

Shisha is a smoking device comprising of a hard body, a water pipe, hose and clay pot, where the substance burnt is a mix of tobacco, honey and fruit flavouring.

"You can actually see, roughly, that there are places here promoting shisha smoking. Some people do not know that they are actually exhaling tobacco, because some tobacco products used in shisha smoking do not have warning labels," said Dr Zulhilmi Abdullah, a Senior Medical Officer from the Health Education and Promotion Unit.

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