The Haryana Assembly passed the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Haryana Amendment Bill 2024 on Monday Evening. The Bill was moved in the House by the Home Minister Anil Vij and prohibits opening or running hookah bars or serving hookahs to customers in any eating house. The bill defines eating house as any place that sells food or refreshments of any kind to visitors for consumption. The bill lists the punishment for running hookah bars as one to three years of imprisonment and a fine ranging from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh.