Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance (KETCA) has lauded the move by Nairobi MCAs to push for the enforcement of the shisha ban.
The ward's reps last week called on Governor Johnson Sakaja to close premises with shisha smoking zones.
They said shisha is still being sold in many nightclubs despite a ban.
The lobby group says it is time for the MCAs to push for full implementation of Tobacco Control policies adding the ban was upheld by all courts of law when it was challenged.
Kenya implemented a comprehensive ban on shisha, including the use, import, manufacture, sale, offer of sale, advertising, promotion, distribution and encouraging or facilitating its use on December 27, 2017.
Despite the ban, shisha is still widely sold in the country, especially at nightclubs, and is popular among socialites and sportspersons.
KETCA chair Joel Gitali said that a few individuals running nightclubs in Nairobi have routinely rubbished the 2017 ban.
“Studies of tobacco-based shisha show that the smoke contains carbon monoxide and other toxic agents known to increase the risks for smoking-related cancers, heart disease and lung disease,” he added.
According to KETCA national coordinator Thomas Lindi, regular shisha smoking may lead to lung, mouth, stomach and oesophagus cancer.
“This is on top of health conditions like impaired pulmonary function, heart disease and reduced fertility,” Lindi said.
Westlands, Kileleshwa, Lavington, Kilimani, South C and Lang'ata are some of the areas listed by MCAs to sell the product.
Kenya became the fourth country in East Africa to prohibit shisha after Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.
Shisha is a glass-bottomed water pipe in which fruit-flavoured tobacco is covered with foil and roasted with charcoal.
The tobacco smoke passes through a water chamber and is inhaled.
