Ladies enjoying shisha at an outdoor function [PHOTO/citizentv.co.ke]
The Nakuru County Government has put on notice bar owners promoting smoking of shisha in undesignated places.
The warning comes after the Tobacco Control Board raised the alarm over the increased number of women using the substance.
According to Daily Nation, Health chief officer Samuel Mwaura has noted that club owners in Nakuru have been allowing people to smoke within their premises against the law.
Mwaura disclosed that they were promoting passive smoking but lied to customers that it is not harmful.He said that the smokers bear the same responsibility and will face the law.
Mwaura noted that there is a tradition among shop owners of selling single sticks of cigarettes, which is against the law, adding that all cigarettes should be sold in packs.
Mwaura spoke at the weekend during the launch of an awareness campaign on the harmful use of tobacco.
It is said shisha smoking poses great danger to the next generation.