law: The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003
  4. Prohibition of smoking in a public place.-
  No person shall smoke in any public place:
  Provided that in a hotel having thirty rooms or a restaurant having seating capacity of thirty persons or more and in the airports, a separate provision for smoking area or space may be made.
  State Amendment
  Gujarat
  Insertion of new section 4A is Act 34 of 2003.- In the principal Act, after section 4, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-
  Prohibition of hookah bar.-
  "4A.- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no person shall, either on his own or on behalf of any other person, open or run any hookah bar in any place including the eating house.
  Explanation.- The term "eating house" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it by clause (5A) of section 2 of the Gujarat Police Act, 1951 (Bom. XXII of 1951).".
  [Vide Gujarat Act 27 of 2017, s. 3.]
  Maharashtra
  Insertion of new section 4A in Act 34 of 2003.- After section 4 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-
  Prohibition of hookab bar.- "4A.-Notwithstading anything contained in this Act, no person shall, either on his own or on behalf of any other person, open or run any hookah bar in any place including the eating house.
  Explanation.- The term "eating house" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (5A) of section 2 of the Maharashtra Police Act (XXII of 1951).".
  [Vide Maharashtra Act 60 of 2018, s. 3.]
  Rajasthan
  Insertion of new section 4A, Central Act No. 34 of 2003.- after the existing section 4 and before the existing section 5 of the principal Act, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
  "4A. Prohibition of hookah bar.- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no person shall, either on his own or on behalf of any other person, open or run any hookah bar in any place including the eating house.
  Explanation.- The term 'eating house' means any place where food or refreshment of any kind is provided for visitors or sold for consumption therein.".
  [Vide Rajasthan Act 1 of 2020, s. 3.]