https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=104408 Hookah service in designated smoking areas is absolutely prohibited: the post-2017 replacement of "no other service" with "no service" bars every form of service, including self-service or purported rental models. Preparing, supplying, operating, or maintaining hookah for consideration remains a service because its use requires apparatus and technical assistance; patrons lack the unrestricted possession and control required for a rental. Food-safety law does not cover tobacco products, and municipal law provides no separate hookah-licensing power. Police may enforce smoking-in-public-place and tobacco-sale restrictions through statutory search, seizure, confiscation, and penalty powers. en-us Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:40:28 +0530 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:40:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=104408 Hookah service in designated smoking areas is absolutely prohibited: the post-2017 replacement of "no other service" with "no service" bars every form of service, including self-service or purported rental models. Preparing, supplying, operating, or maintaining hookah for consideration remains a service because its use requires apparatus and technical assistance; patrons lack the unrestricted possession and control required for a rental. Food-safety law does not cover tobacco products, and municipal law provides no separate hookah-licensing power. Police may enforce smoking-in-public-place and tobacco-sale restrictions through statutory search, seizure, confiscation, and penalty powers. Highlights GST Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:40:28 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=104408