Rashid said that the unchecked sheesha outlets near Gaddafi Stadium are spoiling the youth.
He said that various studies show that addictive drugs like cocaine, marijuana and heroine are added to the flavoured tobacco in some cases by the outlet managements and in others by the customers. He said that the Punjab government could not immediately impose the ban on sheesha outlets. However, he said, the government was contemplating some strategy to ban the outlets from the city.
Task Force on Spurious Drugs chairman Dr Saeed Elahi said that the WDD’s slogan, Prevention is Better than Treatment, should be popularised in order to control diabetes.
Prof Dr Javed Akram, the Allama Iqbal Medical College principal, said that all parks in the province should be used for healthy purposes. He said that if the government made the healthy use of parks a policy then use of sheesha would be banned automatically.
He said that all outlets near Gaddafi Stadium should be removed to ensure the health of the youth. He said that that sheesha is a fast growing business as its start up cost is as low as Rs100,000. He said that each customer has to pay Rs520 for one session, from which the outlet may net as much as Rs500 profit.
He said that he hoped that the Punjab government would ban sheesha within months. He said over 5,000 people got free tests from the stalls at Alhamra on the occasion of the WDD.
Post Graduate Medical Institute principal Prof Dr Tariq Salahuddin said taking prevention measures alone would help people to avoid becoming diabetes patients.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 15th, 2010.
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