Shisha Places In Phuket

[Malka Sedano]

NewPhuket Vice Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada, who chairs a provincial panel aimed at keeping youths away from drugs, said there were at least 20 venues on the island set up as places for minors to socialize and smoke shisha through Middle-Eastern style water pipes known locally as baraku.

There are more than 10 such venues in Muang District alone, offering a wide variety of flavored tobacco blends including apple, strawberry, mango, coffee, vanilla, lime, rose and herbal mixtures, he said.

Restaurants and nightlife establishments in areas such as Patong that cater to Middle Eastern patrons have long offered shisha to adult clientele, but the popularity of flavored tobacco has now trickled down to local youths.

Vice Governor Chamroen said the problem can be addressed using a number of existing regulations. These include excise tax laws that forbid the import of shisha; regulations that forbid smoking in restaurants, parks and other public places; and restrictions against selling alcohol and tobacco products to people under 18 years of age.

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