Smoking Prohibition

Smoking prohibition in Singapore was first introduced in 1970. Under the Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Act 1992, “smoking” is defined as inhaling and expelling the smoke of tobacco or any other substance, and includes the holding of any cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other form of tobacco product which is alight or emitting smoke, but does not include inhaling and expelling the smoke emitted by a vaporiser* or the holding of any vaporiser that is emitting smoke.

*Within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Tobacco and Vaporiser Control Act 1993

2. If you are outside a building or public service vehicle, the following are also smoking prohibited:

• Everywhere around the hospital compounds

• Educational institutions and their compounds including any area within five metres of the school compound

• Covered linkways

• Bus stops, bus shelters, and bus poles, including any area within a five metre radius

• Parks in public housing estates managed by the respective Town Councils

• Parks under the purview of JTC Corporation

• Playgrounds and exercise areas, including adjacent amenities for users

• Reservoirs; Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters (ABC Waters) Sites; 10 Recreational Beaches*; Parks and Gardens

• Swimming pools, including changing and shower rooms or areas for users of the swimming pool and areas within five metres of the swimming pool.

• Pavilions within any residential premises meant to hold functions

• Pedestrian overhead bridges, covered or underground walkways

• Washrooms, including mobile toilets

• Public areas within the Orchard Road precinct designated as a No Smoking Zone

Any area within five metres of ventilation intakes, external windows, openings, entrances, and exits to buildings of commercial, industrial or recreational purposes or publicly accessible where smoking is prohibited

Please note that smoking is also prohibited at all parks, gardens and nature reserves managed by National Parks Board.

*Smoking is prohibited at Changi Beach, East Coast Beach, West Coast Beach, Sembawang Beach, Pasir Ris Beach, Coney Island Beach, Punggol Beach, Siloso Beach, Palawan Beach and Tanjong Beach.

1. If you are at the following locations, smoking is allowed in the smoking facilities i.e. smoking corner, smoking room and designated smoking area.

   • Approved smoking corners at food retail establishments

   • Smoking rooms at office premises, Changi Airport, public entertainment outlets.

   • Designated smoking areas within

     • University compounds,

     • Parks under the purview of JTC,

     • Camps or building occupied by officers of MINDEF and

     • Orchard Road No Smoking Zone

2. If you are at these areas, smoking is allowed:

   • Residential homes

   • Private vehicles (e.g. cars), as long as no second-hand tobacco smoke is expelled (i.e. windows are fully wound up) in smoking prohibited places

   • Open spaces in residential estates

   • Open space (i.e. Unsheltered) in town centres

   • Open public spaces except at Orchard Road No Smoking Zone

   • Surface carparks except those at Orchard Road No Smoking Zone

   • Uncovered areas on the top deck of multi-storey carpark buildings except those at Orchard Road No Smoking Zone

   • Uncovered walkways except those at Orchard Road No Smoking Zone

   • Vacant land except those at Orchard Road No Smoking Zone

3. In a place where smoking is usually permitted, there are some temporary exceptions where smoking is prohibited:

   • Covered drop-off and pick-up points whether permanent or temporary

   • Place for individuals to form a queue designated by manager of a place

*Specific areas, facilities, or buildings located in the above premises (e.g. restaurants and five metres from entrances to buildings) will still be smoking prohibited areas.
*Aside from the national smoking prohibition laws, the public should be mindful of any additional house rules or by-laws put in place by owners/managers of premises against smoking in their premises.

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