Tuesday, 15. October 2002
Topic: - on October 15, 2002 at 9:47:31 PM CEST
Hookah Pipe Ban Targets Truant Workers
An Egyptian governor has banned shisha waterpipe smoking in coffee shops to stop employees from skipping work, an Egyptian newspaper reported Monday. The ban went into effect Sunday in all cities of Qena governorate in central Egypt, Qena Gov. Adel Labib was quoted by al-Wafd newspaper as saying. Labib said he had noticed people who should have been working were instead sitting in cafes and smoking the popular "hubbly-bubbly" pipes.
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