No smoking at hotel lobbies and carparks
Thursday, 1st January 2009
The nationwide smoking ban is extended to hotel lobbies and carparks, among other areas. It will include non-air-conditioned offices, lift lobbies, multi-storey carparks and anywhere within five metres of the entrances and exits of buildings. The ban, part of a drive to stamp out smoking that began nearly four decades ago. Singapore is among the close to 150 countries that have signed the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The Republic already meets its mandatory requirements, including a ban on tobacco advertising and health warnings on cigarettes.