Maharashtra government decided to put a complete ban on sale of hookah and other tobacco products at restaurants and eating joints in the state. The government informed the Bombay High Court that all municipal corporations in the state have been asked to incorporate the provisions of Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition) Act in the license agreements of restaurants and eating outlets signifying a complete ban on sale of hookah and other tobacco products at such places. The action of the state government comes in the backdrop of a public interest litigation filed by an NGO which alleged that minors were allowed to purchase hookahs in hookah parlors and eating outlets serving hookahs.