Chandigarh: The Punjab government today decided to impose a permanent ban on hookah
bars in the state instead of issuing temporary orders against them every
two months.
The state cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Chief
Minister Amarinder Singh here, approved an amendment to the Cigarette
and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation
of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act (COTPA),
2003 for the prevention and control of diseases caused by the use of
tobacco products.