National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) on Friday issued a legal notice to film actor Shah Rukh Khan for smoking in public during the two recent events _ the Twenty-20 cricket match in Mumbai and Hindustan Times Summit in Delhi. NOTE, an anti-tobacco NGO, which is already into a legal battle with megastar Amitabh Bachchan over his movie posters showing him smoking cigar, issued legal notice through its lawyer to Khan.
The NGO has warned Khan of suing him for promoting smoking in public places, which is banned under the Anti-Tobacco Act.
The notice to Khan has been issued under Sections 4 and 5 (3) of cigarette and other tobacco products (prohibition of advertisements and regulation of trade and commerce, production, supply and distribution) Act, 2003.
