The intake of Shesha has become rampant among the youth, especially teenage girls. Shesha is made of tobacco mixed with different flavors. This has enabled producers to make more sale from the substance as people are under the notion that the flavors reduce the potency of the tobacco thereby causing them no harm. The teenage girls say they take in shisha because it tastes sweet and helps them to relax.
In an interview on GBC’s Uniiq Breakfast Drive, A Senior Regulatory Officer at the FDA’s Tobacco and substance Abuse Directorate, Mrs. Juliana Amankwa Marfo dispelled the motion saying ”Shesha is harmful”.
She outlined some of the health implications of substance, abuse especially intake of Shesha, indicating that it can cause ”serious health defects”.
