dixon cox Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 District Officials confirm ban on the sale and use of Shisha in Pattaya On Friday Night a letter was circulated amongst bar owners in Pattaya from the Banglamung District Licensing Unit which confirms an immediate ban on the sale and use of Shisha in entertainment venues. The Letter, marked “Urgent”, was dated 29th May but was only distributed on Friday and stated that Banglamung District Officials will now be enforcing the ban on the sale and use of Shisha http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/199423/district-officials-confirm-ban-on-the-sale-and-use-of-shisha-in-pattaya/ I can't say that I'm disappointed, I'm sure a few other guys will be pleased at this news too. Even as a smoker I didn't like it, primarily due to the contraption itself being so hot and often placed right beside you should your bar neighbour decide on a fruity puff. I doubt the Arabs are happy about it. It was only a matter of time before someone got badly burned by the tray of hot coals, if they hadn't already. The letter states that any bar owner caught selling Shisha can receive a prison term of up to 5 years and/or a fine of up to 500,000 Baht and any bar owner deemed responsible for a death or other serious incident related to the sale and use of Shisha in their establishment can receive a prison term of up to 10 years and/or a fine of up to 1 Million Baht. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnykey Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Apart from the designated Shisha Bars in, say the arab quarter or in Sunee, it is my understanding or observation that it is not the bar owners that sell Shisha in the main, but independant guys hiring them out to working girls mainly. Correct me if I'm wrong. Cheers DK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixon cox Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 Correct me if I'm wrong. No correction required Boot, you're right. .. but in addition, the statement said "... an immediate ban on the sale and use of Shisha in entertainment venues". Did anyone here partake and will they miss it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiamSam Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Never understood the attraction to the practice. Seems silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I tried it twice, my first and last time one drunken night years ago. I was with some others whose names escape me and it was one of those box ticking exercises. It was back to the beer once it was finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke007 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Ive smoked quite a few pipes over the last ten years but never a Shisha, As with Sam Ive never found the attraction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimslim Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I'm glad its banned what a pointless habit lets hope they enforce it . And while we are at it lets hope someone actually enforces the smoking ban in bars so the rest of us can get a breath of fresh air instead of inhaling other peoples smoke . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixon cox Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 And while we are at it lets hope someone actually enforces the smoking ban in bars so the rest of us can get a breath of fresh air instead of inhaling other peoples smoke . Kill joy Us stinky tobacco smokers seemed to have got away with that one, but most of the guys I know who smoke are considerate towards those who don't partake, or at least we try. Please don't berate us too severely if we forget The shishas weren't a bad thing when they were pretty much confined to Soi 16 and surrounds, but then they became mobile and are common place almost everywhere, especially beer bars. That mobility happened quickly over the last few years. Tobacco collects taxes for the government, so they don't want to kill that nice little earner off completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdoggg Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Did anyone here partake and will they miss it? The girls my str8 mate hangs with seem to like it so he's always buying the stuff for them. So when it's my turn, I'll take a toke. But will I miss it? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seven Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Good. I don't have a problem with it unless the retard decides to light it up 2 ft away from you in the bar so you can feel the heat especially when wearing shorts. Happened to me in Sensations a few times. Some of the staff sure likes the stuff tho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixon cox Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 ... I don't have a problem with it unless the retard decides to light it up 2 ft away from you in the bar so you can feel the heat I agree. Their existence and usage never really bothered me although I found it unattractive for a girl to do it, I'd rather they smoked a normal cigarette. But I don't want one in close proximity for fear of being scolded or burned by the hot parts. Around the central main bar at Sensations I thought it was a problem and it swayed your decision regarding where to sit, if there was a choice. Maybe just I'm a shisha NIMBY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimslim Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 The shisha the smartphone and the pool table are the 3 curses of Pattaya right now ....ban them all from bars I say !!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globetrotter Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 The shisha the smartphone and the pool table are the 3 curses of Pattaya right now ....ban them all from bars I say !!! I hear you on the shisha and smartphone Jim, but what is so wrong with pool tables? Just curious as a very bad player who doesn't love the game, but don't see any harm in it either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lance2546 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I think the shisha smokers are selfless public servants that smoke the stuff to control mosquitos :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdoggg Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Two very different type venues were raided in sisha busts. A Lebanese restaurant in the Arab Quarter was busted but also the Bee Boy Bar on 3rd Road. I'm guessing this is the type of joint where Thai girls pay to have sex with pop star looking boys who have their hair done every day. A 20-strong team of District Officials, led by a senior Director of the Department of Provincial Administrations conducted raids on 2 venues in Pattaya early on Tuesday Morning in search of illegal shisha. The team firstly checked a Lebanese Restaurant and Bar in Soi 16 off Walking Street, owned by Khun Tanaet aged 46. Officers witnessed Thai and Foreign patrons smoking Shisha. The devices used to smoke the Shisha and cartons of shisha were confiscated and the bar owner was arrested. The second location was Pattaya 3rd Road and the Bee Boy Bar, owned by Khun Chaiyawat aged 39. Once again the sale and use of Shisha was witnessed by the team of officers and the owner was arrested. http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/218639/shisha-raids-at-pattaya-bars-and-restaurants-by-district-officials/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSumGai Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I really can't figure out there objection to it. It's leading Thai youth astray? NOT THAI ! Neither are button down shirts, western pants, microwaves, um...cellphones, computers.... It's only terribly adulterated tobacco. Is it because it gives them yet another reason to raid and fine? Or an excuse to raid and fine those places they don't like for one reason or another? Typically Thai, there's no logic in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickshaw Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 On occasion, in my long distant youth, I used to smoke weed on a shisha, but bubbled through vodka which, being impecunious spotty herberts, we then drank. I am sure that it helped make me the man I am today – which is probably a very good reason to ban it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRIGG Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I'm glad its banned what a pointless habit lets hope they enforce it . And while we are at it lets hope someone actually enforces the smoking ban in bars so the rest of us can get a breath of fresh air instead of inhaling other peoples smoke . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRIGG Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Didn't know smoking was banned in bars in Thailand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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