The ban on Smoking in Public places offices & restaurants across India will start from tomorrow. Hotels, restaurants, pubs, offices & even the international airport would be out of bounds to light up the rolled tobacco from tomorrow with the ban on smoking in public places coming into effect. Union Health Ministry issued a notification for the ban under the Cigarettes & Other Tobacco Products.

The notification, which was brought out on May 30, was challenged in many high courts by the ITC as well the Hotel Association of India following which the Health Ministry approached the Supreme Court submitting before it to hear all the cases at one time. Hearing the petition, the apex court yesterday refused to stay the Central government’s notification on the ban on smoking in public places from October two.