The Delhi government on Thursday wrote a letter to the Delhi Police commissioner seeking action against hookah bars running illegally from the national Capital.
Amulya Patnaik, Additional Director (Health) SK Arora, in a letter, said that despite repeated requests for action, the hookah bars were still running in various restaurants, eatery houses, and hotels “illegally” in several parts of the Capital.
A recent notification from the Ministry of Health on October 23 completely prohibits the use of hookah even in smoking zones. He added hookah smoking was not allowed in non-smoking zones as per Section 4 of The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (COTPA).
According to the officials, most of the owners of these hookah bars claim that they were using herbal materials but the seized material from these hookah bars, during several raids, showed the presence of nicotine in a significant amount in all the samples during chemical analysis.
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