Blanket ban on indoor smoking from Oct 2: Ramadoss

Bangalore, September 2:: Private offices and other establishments can no longer take the cover of having designated rooms for puffing cigarettes with the Government sticking to plans to strictly enforce the ban on smoking indoors from October two.

And if the smokers cannot resist the urge to have a puff they will have to come out to the streets.

“From October 2, the government would introduce the no smoking policy in all indoor establishments,” Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss told reporters in Bangalore on Tuesday. The “workplace smoke-free policy” is coming into effect to coincide with the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

“Smoking will not be permitted in any private or public building. Companies can no longer have designated smoking rooms. Smokers will have to step outside into open space if they wish to smoke,” said Ramadoss who has been in the forefront in pushing for the ban on tobacco and tobacco products.

The ban applies to all companies, including the IT sector, he said. Companies could no longer have designated smoking rooms, he said.

The rule would also apply to small cafes, restaurants, pubs or discotheques. Hotels having more than 30 seat arrangement would have to create a separate enclosure for smokers and a separate ventilation arrangement as per the act, he said.

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