Tag: Hookah Bar

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police today conducted raid on a hookah bar at Nayapalli in Bhubaneswar for running illegally and using banned tobacco products. Hookahs and banned tobacco products containing nicotine were seized during the raid.  The owner of the bar however refuted the allegations and said that the products were “herbal.” The raids are part of […]

Bhubaneswar: In a drive to curb tobacco menace among the youths of the Capital City, Commissionerate Police on Sunday conducted raids on several Hookah bars at Saheed Nagar, Chandrasekharpur and Infocity area in Bhubaneswar under violation of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003. Acting on a tip-off, police launched a citywide raid on […]

New Delhi: Restaurants and bars in the city, which permit hookah smoking, have told the National Green Tribunal that they do not support the use of tobacco of any kind within their premises. The restaurants and bars, in pursuance to the notices issued to them, informed a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar […]

Chandigarh: Chandigarh has imposed a ban on nicotine sale. Earlier, Punjab was the only State where there was a complete ban on nicotine. The decision came to light on yesterday when the Punjab and Haryana High Court was informed in this regard. Two years back, the high court had issued directions to the Chandigarh administration […]