新闻报报看 | 自称是“资深烟民”的资深律师哈尼夫，昨天入禀诉讼认为办公室是私人场所，只要不影响他人，在办公室吸烟就不成问题。他还要求法庭裁定这项禁烟令违宪，理由是禁烟令会对吸烟人士构成不公平的歧视。(主播：颜江瀚、罗美伶)
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00:30I still feel very dissatisfied.
00:32Former prime minister Mahatma Gandhi's lawyer Hanif
00:34challenged the judiciary in his own name yesterday
00:39and demanded that his law firm be excluded from the ban on smoking.
00:43That is, he can smoke in his office
00:45to defend his right to smoke in the office.
00:48Yes.
00:49Hanif, who claims to be an experienced smoker,
00:51was sentenced online
00:53and listed by the Tamil Nadu government and the Ministry of Health as the first and second defendants.
00:58His argument is that the office is a private space,
01:02so as long as it does not affect others,
01:04it is not a problem to smoke in the office.
01:06He also pointed out that smoking in China
01:08is a legal activity guaranteed by the law and the constitution.
01:12Smoking in the smoking area of the law is considered illegal.
01:16He believes that the government can of course supervise the smoking activity,
01:19but whether the office should smoke or not
01:21should be decided by the owner.
01:23If the owner wants to smoke in the office,
01:26he can apply for a ban on smoking by himself.
01:29This is reasonable.
01:31But this is not the first time Hanif has challenged the ban on smoking.
01:34In November last year,
01:36he wrote a letter to the Minister of Health,
01:39demanding that his office be excluded from the ban on smoking.
01:43But it was later rejected.
01:45Then he decided to go to court.
01:47He said he started smoking at the age of 21
01:50and smoked three packs of cigarettes every day.
01:53This is a very serious smoking addiction.
01:56Since the government issued a ban on smoking in October last year,
01:59he has posted notices outside his office
02:02to inform anyone who does not like to contact a smoker
02:05not to go to his office
02:07because his law firm is the smoking area.
02:11Yes, in addition to posting notices,
02:14Hanif also sent emails to inform his employees and customers
02:17to emphasize again that his law firm is the smoking area
02:21and also provided a replacement plan.
02:23If employees do not want to work in the smoking area,
02:26they can resign at any time
02:28and he will give them a certain compensation.
02:30As for customers,
02:31if they do not want to deal with lawyers smoking in the office,
02:34they can also find him at any time to retrieve these files.
02:38There is no need to force employees and customers
02:41to smoke in his office.
02:44Hanif also said that he is a senior smoker
02:47and he does not want his life to be interfered with,
02:49so he does not want his workplace and private space
02:52to be listed as a smoking area.
02:54In addition to asking the court to exclude the office from the smoking area,
02:57he also asked the court to rule that this ban is against the constitution.
03:01His reason is that the ban will cause unfair discrimination
03:04against smokers.
03:06In his view, the smoking area will become a private area for non-smokers,
03:10and smokers like him will be marginalized
03:13and will be discriminated against by others.
03:15And while waiting for the court ruling,
03:17Hanif also asked the court to temporarily terminate his smoking ban
03:21until the trial is over.