What locations are “Statutory No Smoking Areas”?

Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office, Department of Health

In accordance with the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance, the following areas are designated as ‘Statutory No Smoking Areas’. No person shall smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar, or pipe in statutory no smoking areas, or else will be liable to a fixed penalty of $1,500 (increase to $3,000 on 1 January 2026).

Indoor Areas (Note 1) as No Smoking Areas	Indoor and Outdoor Areas as No Smoking Areas	Other No Smoking Areas	Public places that lie within 3 metres outside the entrances / exits exclusively used for the following (Effective on 1 January 2026):
restaurants workplaces, offices (Note 2) indoor public areas (e.g. lift lobbies of private buildings, back stairs) footbridges shops, departmental stores, shopping malls, publicly or privately operated markets, supermarkets bank residential care homes, treatment centres all bars, nightclubs, mahjong-tin kau premises, bathhouses and massage establishments.	public lifts, escalators child care centres, schools, universities and tertiary institutes cinemas (including car cinemas), theatres, concert halls, amusement game centres hospitals Hong Kong Wetland Park public pleasure ground managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) (e.g. playgrounds, parks, sitting-out areas, stadia and sport grounds), but not including those areas designated as smoking areas (Note 3) public swimming pools and bathing beaches managed by LCSD Hong Kong Stadium, Mongkok Stadium approved institutions where probationers are placed, reformatory schools and places of refuge	public transport carriers (Note 4) Indoor public transport interchanges or public transport facilities designated as no smoking areas Bus Interchanges	Residential care homes Child care centres Schools Hospitals Specified clinics or health centres

Note 1：The definition of “Indoor Areas” is：

having a ceiling or roof, or a cover that functions (whether temporarily or permanently) as a ceiling or roof, and
enclosed (whether temporarily or permanently) at least up to 50% of the total area on all sides, except for any window or door, or any closeable opening that functions as a window or door

Note 2：Including non-office hours

Note 3 ：Please click here for LCSD venues where smoking is prohibited

Note 4 ：Even there is no passenger on the vehicle, public light bus & taxi drivers cannot smoke inside the vehicle.