![]() The Smoke Free Team undertake regular visits to legal and illegal shisha bars with the Police and Trading Standards Officers. How is the law enforced in Tower Hamlets? Please contact the council's Planning department for advice prior to construction. If you construct a shelter for shisha users, it may require planning permission. These smoking laws apply to waterpipes whether or not the shisha product being smoked contains tobacco or not. So unless your business has access to a legal smoking area you will not be able to supply shisha in waterpipes. ![]() We can provide more detailed advice.Īs with smoking a cigarette the smoking of shisha/water pipe is not permitted within substantially and fully enclosed public spaces or workplaces because of the Smoke Free laws. ![]() Waterpipes can be smoked in open air when there is no roof or ceiling above the smoker. They can also be smoked in some circumstances where there is a roof or ceiling, but only if at least 50 per cent of the walls of the structure are permanently open. Any opening that can be closed - for example by a door, window or shutter - is counted as closed. Below is a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to help you understand the law. The law will affect your business in a number of ways. It is important that users of shisha are made aware of the health issues. A misleading but commonly held belief is that smoking through a waterpipe ‘purifies’ the smoke. The council and its partners will take action to ensure businesses keep to the law. Following this guide will enable you to do this, but failing to comply may result in prosecution or having your pipes and shisha tobacco seized and your customers being fined. If your business supplies shisha in water pipes to customers, you need to do so legally. You could be fined and ordered to cover the court costs of the council if found guilty. During these visits we may take the shisha pipes and tobacco as evidence which is then used in the Magistrates court to secure a conviction.īeing in control, or allowing people to smoke in an enclosed space, such as an illegal shisha bar, is an offence. We visit illegal shisha bars with the Metropolitan Police. We work closely with Trading Standard Officers, to ensure the tobacco used is legal and therefore safe. ![]() This is to ensure that the owners of shisha bars are compliant with the Health Act 2006. The Smoke Free Team undertakes regular visits to legal and illegal shisha bars. Toggle menu MENU Shisha Lounges: Business Guidance ![]()
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