{"id":85259,"date":"2025-01-07T23:02:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T17:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/?p=85259"},"modified":"2025-01-07T23:02:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T17:32:47","slug":"sgr-airports-new-smoking-zone-sparks-debate-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/07\/sgr-airports-new-smoking-zone-sparks-debate-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Sgr Airport\u2019s \u2018new smoking zone\u2019 sparks debate on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Locals critics move, question war against drugs amidst high esteem inauguration of smoking zones<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar, Jan 07 (KNO): The inauguration of a \u201csmoking zone\u201d at the Srinagar International Airport has sparked widespread criticism on social media, with users questioning the mixed messages being sent by the authorities regarding smoking and public health.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the newly inaugurated smoking zone, located inside the Security Hold Area near Gate 07, was opened yesterday to provide travelers with a space for a quick smoke break before boarding.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made by the Airport Director, on social media\u2019s X platform: \u201cExciting News! A smoking zone has been inaugurated today (06.01.2025) inside the Security Hold Area near Gate 07 at #SrinagarAirport. Travellers can now enjoy a designated space for a smoke break,\u201d Srinagar Airport wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, as the announcement has triggered a heated debate on social media platforms, with many questioning the ethical implications of such a facility being inaugurated by government officials.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia is probably the only country where smoking zones are inaugurated by officers, while they preach about avoiding smoking,\u201d one of the social media users commented.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf smoking zones are inaugurated with such high esteem, then what is the point of running campaigns against drug use? It feels like a double standard,\u201d another user wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is worth mentioning that a larger number of people on social media have pointed out the contradictory stance of authorities, who on one hand promote anti-smoking campaigns and conduct raids against drug peddlers, while on the other hand, allow smoking zones in public spaces\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Locals critics move, question war against drugs amidst high esteem inauguration of smoking zones Srinagar, Jan 07 (KNO): The inauguration of a &ldquo;smoking zone&rdquo; at the Srinagar International Airport has sparked widespread criticism on social media, with users questioning the mixed messages being sent by the authorities regarding smoking and public health. &nbsp; According to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kashmir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85261,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85259\/revisions\/85261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}