Banned

SMOKING BANNED IN INDIA


The new Smoking in Public Places Rules 2008 that was notified this month would come into force from Oct 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Hotels, restaurants, airports, railway stations, offices, shops and factories Wednesday prepared to enforce a smoking ban in public across India in a major effort to curb tobacco use that authorities say kill an estimated 900,000 people in the country every year