Shisha smoking

Police in Laval are cracking down on shisha cafes that are allowing customers to smoke indoors

But the owners of the cafes are not going down without a fight.

Shisha is the middle-eastern tradition of smoking flavored tobacco from a water pipe,

called a hookah.

Right now, shisha cafes are subject to the same anti-tobacco laws that apply to cigar rooms.

Rami Alromhein owns a shisha cafe on Cure-Labelle bloulevard in Laval.