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Bengaluru Civic Body Orders More Than 500 Venues to Set Up Designated Smoking Zones

Citing a Karnataka High Court directive, the BBMP has given venues seven days to secure licences for enclosed smoking areas to curb secondhand smoke

This initiative follows a Karnataka High Court directive aimed at protecting non-smokers and public health.

Overview

  • The BBMP has served notices to more than 500 pubs, restaurants and hotels that lack designated smoking areas
  • Notices reference a Karnataka High Court order requiring enclosed, separate areas exclusively for smoking on premises with over 30 seats or rooms
  • Establishments must obtain a specific licence for their smoking zones within seven days or risk licence suspension and legal action
  • The crackdown enforces amendments to the 2024 Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act that banned hookah bars and raised the legal tobacco purchase age to 21
  • BBMP health officials say the drive is aimed at protecting non-smokers from the dangers of passive smoking