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Doctors, restaurateurs urge Centre to remove smoking zones from public places
A group of doctors, cancer victims and restaurateurs has expressed concerns about passive smoking and urged the Centre to remove smoking zones from various public places. According to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce Production, Supply and Distribution) Act COTPA 2003, smoking is banned in all public places, but allowed in designated zones at restaurants, hotels, and airports, among others.
The appeal comes on the occasion of No Smoking Day with the idea to make the country 100 per cent smoke-free and to check the spread of COVID-19 infection.