Smoking rules

Where you can and cannot smoke in Singapore

Smoking where it is prohibited is a S$200 composition fine, or up to S$1,000 if it goes to court. E-cigarettes and vapes are not covered by these rules because they are banned altogether. Customs and vapes

No smoking

  • Inside buildings, shopping malls included, except in indoor smoking rooms; and inside taxis and private-hire cars on a paid trip
  • Within five metres of the entrances, exits, windows and air intakes of buildings where smoking is prohibited
  • Bus stops, bus shelters and within five metres of a bus pole; bus interchanges
  • Covered linkways, overhead bridges, covered or underground walkways, and queues
  • Food places and hawker centres, except in an approved smoking corner
  • All parks, gardens and nature reserves run by the National Parks Board; playgrounds and swimming pools
  • Ten beaches: Siloso, Palawan and Tanjong on Sentosa, and Changi, East Coast, West Coast, Sembawang, Pasir Ris, Coney Island and Punggol
  • The public areas of the Orchard Road precinct, a No Smoking Zone: there, only in its designated smoking areas
  • Ferry terminals, among them HarbourFront, Tanah Merah and Changi Point

Where smoking is allowed

  • Smoking rooms, corners and designated smoking areas: at Changi Airport, in entertainment outlets, approved corners at food places, and the designated areas inside the Orchard Road zone
  • Open, unsheltered public spaces and uncovered walkways, except in the Orchard Road zone, and not within five metres of a prohibited building's entrances

A building's owner can ban smoking on its own property as well. On the MRT, the rule is the notices in the station. MRT rules

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