Section 4 in The Prohibition of Smoking In Public Places Rules, 2008
4. Hotels, restaurants and airports
(1)The owner, proprietor, manager, supervisor or in charge of the affairs of a hotel having thirty or more rooms or restaurant having seating capacity of thirty persons or more and the manager of the airport may provide for a smoking area or space as defined in rule 2(e).(2)Smoking area or space shall not be established at the entrance or exit of the hotel, restaurant and the airport and shall be distinctively marked as Smoking Area in English and one Indian language, as applicable.(3)[ No service shall be allowed in any smoking area or space provided for smoking.(3A)The owner, proprietor, manager, supervisor or in charge of the affairs of the hotel, restaurant or airport, shall display a board at the entrance of the smoking area or space of minimum size of 60×30 cm with a white background and having the message in English and one Indian language as applicable in black colour that-(i)tobacco smoking is harmful to your health and the health of non-smokers; and(ii)entry of person below the age of eighteen years is prohibited.](4)The owner, proprietor, manager, supervisor or in charge of the affairs of a hotel having thirty or more rooms may designate separate smoking rooms in the manner prescribed as under:(a)all the rooms so designated shall form a separate section in the same floor or wing, as the case may be. In case of more than one floors/wings the room shall be in one floor/wing as the case may be;(b)all such rooms shall be distinctively marked as Smoking rooms in English and one Indian language, as applicable;(c)the smoke from such room shall be ventilated outside and does not infilterate/permeate into the non-smoking areas of the hotel including lobbies and the corridors.
