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Reference: FOI-595177442
Date of request: 13/03/2024
Title of request: shisha cafes

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Reference: FOI-595177442
Date of request: 13/03/2024
Title of request: shisha cafes
Information request:

ShishaWatch (previously It’s Still Tobacco) is a volunteer-run industry
watchdog. We monitor and survey the UK’s shisha industry and work with
partners to understand the issues and find solutions, including around the
legislative enforcement of shisha tobacco.

We would like to ask the following questions about your local authority
area, where we define a "shisha cafe" as any premise where the sale and
consumption of shisha tobacco occurs on site, and can include restaurants,
clubs, lounges, cafes, and other venues. Please ensure these questions are
answered jointly by Environmental Health and Trading Standards.

Q1.  Please provide the estimated number or range of shisha cafes known as
of January 2024.

Please reply "unknown" if this information is not held.

Q2. a) Please state the number of prosecutions made for violations of the
smoke-free law in 2023.

b) How many of these violations were by shisha cafes?

Q3. a) Please state how many inspections were made to shisha cafes by
Trading Standards, Environmental Health, or other officers in 2023.

b) Of these inspections, how many shisha cafes required intervention due
to lack of compliance with policies (including tobacco, health and safety,
and licensing laws).

c) Of these inspections, approximately how many kilograms of illicit
shisha tobacco were seized in total?

d) Of these inspections, how many led to successful prosecutions and what
was the total amount ordered to pay from the shisha cafe business?

Q4. Please state the number of reports of underage smoking at shisha cafes
in 2023.

Q5. Please state the number of complaints made for noise and nuisance
against shisha cafes in 2023.

Many thanks

Dear Zainab Hussain,

Thank you for your submitted request of [13/03/24] where you requested
information about [Shisha cafes]. 

[The information you requested is enclosed

Q1. Nil

Q2. Nil

b) N/A

3.Env Health - Nil - Trading Std - Contact Essex County Council

b) N/A

c) N/A

d) N/A

Q4. N/A

Q5. N/A

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