Rwanda: Why Rwanda Banned Smoking of Shisha

20 December 2017

Smoking water-pipe tobacco, popularly known as shisha, poses a serious health risk in addition to damaging the social fabric of a community.

While there had been multiple complaints about the youth losing track as a result of Shisha, it was not until last week, that government moved to ban its importation in smoking.

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