Smoking ban to be enforced in India from Oct 2
Dr. Smile 1 June, 2008 The Centre would strictly enforce the ban on smoking in public places from October 2, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss said.
“An Act on no smoking in public places has been brought out by the Centre two-and-a-half years ago, but it remained only on paper. Now, we have made a modification in the already enforced rule and from October 2, 2008, the modified rule will be enforced strongly across the country,” he said at a function, as part of World Tobacco Day being observed on Saturday.
Elaborating on the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act-2003, he said the Government of India has notified revised Rules on the Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places on May 30, 2008.
“As per the revised Rules, smoking is banned in shopping malls, cinema halls, public/private work place, hotels, banquet halls, discotheques, canteen, coffee house, pubs, bars, airport lounge, railway stations”, he said.
People can smoke on roads or in their homes but not in any other place, he said.
The impact is more while smoking inside closed environment than in roads or streets, he said.
Ramadoss said 40 per cent of deaths occur in India due to tobacco related diseases while two-third of deaths occur due to smoking, junk foods and usage of drugs.
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Sounds like a good idea to me. The U.S. has already seen a lot of this occur.
I think all the governments need to seriously think about this issue and implement tough regulations for smoking in public places.
Well being a smoker for 10 years i know how hard it is to not be able to smoke in a place where you socialize. So with all these bans going into effect i was turned on to this company CROWN7 by a friend. They offer a smokeless cigarette that you can smoke in bars/restaurants not only that but you still get you nicotine fix and you dont smell like an ashtray. So this is one product i would def consider.
Finally a smoke free environment but yes all the lower class people will still be smoking but at least not in public market places . Its excessively injurious to non-smokers or passive smokers.
Do you know if smoking ban in Olympic? I wonder if its true.
yea they have all kinds of tests for that.. one of my cousin’s friend was in for da olympics last and i heard a lot of things i couldnt believe !!
Yes, this is a law that should be enforced everywhere.