{"id":168198,"date":"2022-03-15T17:46:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T09:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=168198"},"modified":"2022-03-15T17:46:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T09:46:52","slug":"cameroon-bans-shisha-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=168198","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon bans shisha smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/887\/88727776.jpg\" width=\"\" height=\"\" alt=\"Shisha smoker | File photo\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"article-123\">YOUNDE, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Shisha smoking has been banned across Cameroon for health reasons.<br><br>Authorities say the ban is as a result of the danger that the tobacco-based substance poses to the mostly young people who use it in bars and at home.<br><br>Health Ministry records show that some 46% of young Cameroonians smoke shisha &#8211; which typically comprises a mix of tobacco, molasses, glycerine and flavourings.<br><br>According to the British Heart Foundation, an hour-long shisha session can be the equivalent of smoking more than 100 cigarettes.<br><br>Despite that caution, most shisha smokers believe that its impact is less as compared to cigarettes but medic have described that as a &#8216;misconception.&#8217;<br><br>&#8220;Traditionally shisha tobacco contains cigarette tobacco, so like cigarettes it contains nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide and heavy metals, such as arsenic and lead,&#8221; it says.<br><br>Cameroon is not alone in the ban, a number of African countries have in recent years imposed a ban on shisha smoking citing health risks. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YOUNDE, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Shisha smoking has been banned across Cameroon for health reasons. Authorities say the ban is as a result of the danger that the tobacco-based substance poses to the mostly young people who use it in bars and at home. Health Ministry records show that some 46% of young Cameroonians smoke [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":168199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168198"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=168198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168200,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168198\/revisions\/168200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/168199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=168198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=168198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=168198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}