However, smoking shisha could cause many diseases and provide a fertile environment for the spread of transitional diseases among its users such as TB and hepatitis if health procedures approved by health authorities in the State are not respected, it add
DOHA: The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed the wrongness of what has been circulated through social media on the emergence of a disease called "SOL" transmitted by smoking shisha.
The ministry said in a press release on Sunday that there is no basis for a disease called "SOL," stressing that what has been circulated recently is completely false and baseless rumor.
The Ministry of Public Health warned that all forms of tobacco are harmful and cause many diseases, including cancer.
Smoking shisha could cause many diseases and provide a fertile environment for the spread of transitional diseases among its users such as TB and hepatitis if health procedures approved by health authorities in the State are not respected, it added.
The Ministry of Health called on users of social media to verify information source accuracy before posting them and to review the official competent sources, stressing that its is the sole body within the State of Qatar, which is responsible to announce diseases and any issue health warning.
