The Lahore City Government began to strictly enforce the smoke-free law against shisha (tobacco waterpipe) cafes, resulting in the closure of many shisha businesses. In response, shisha cafe owners filed a petition in the Lahore High Court against the measures in Lahore. The Judge dismissed the petition.
Tobacco companies or front groups may challenge any legislative or regulatory measure that affects their business interests. Unlike public interest litigation, these cases seek to weaken health measures. These cases frequently involve the industry proceeding against the government. For example, a group of restaurant owners challenging a smoke free law as unconstitutional.
A violation of the right to carry on trade, business, or profession of a person’s choice. This right may also be called the right to free enterprise or economic freedom. The industry may argue that a business should be able to conduct its business without government regulation, including whether or not to be smoke free.
A single or multi-stemmed instrument for vaporizing and smoking flavored tobacco (shisha or sheesha) or other products in which the vapor or smoke is passed through a water basin ‒ often glass-based ‒ before inhalation. Water pipes are known by a variety of names such as hookah, huqqah, nargilah, nargile, arghila, and qalyan.
The Lahore City Government began to strictly enforce the smoke-free law against shisha (tobacco waterpipe) cafes, resulting in the closure of many shisha businesses. In response, shisha cafe owners filed a petition in the Lahore High Court against the measures in Lahore. The Judge dismissed the petition.