China | 1983 | Domestic flights smoke-free |
| 1986 | Trains smoke-free |
| 1992 | Public traffic vehicles and public places smoke-free (or restricted) |
| 1994 | Legislation required all indoor public places in Shanghai to be smoke-free |
| 1995 | Smoke-free international flights |
Hong Kong | 1980 | Smoke-free mass transit railway |
| 1982 | Smoke-free public hospitals, schools, food premises, waiting areas in government premises |
| 1996 | Smoke-free government premises |
| 1998 | All indoor areas open to public (e.g. shopping malls, department stores, supermarkets, banks) smoke-free. Mandatory no smoking areas in one third of seats in restaurants over 200 seats |
Malaysia | 1982 | Government staff prohibited to smoke at work |
| 1993 | Government offices, amusement centres, theatres, hospitals and clinics, public lifts, public transport and additional buildings specified by the health minister smoke-free |
| 1997 | Banks and financial institutions, sport complexes, shopping complexes, air conditioned shops (including restaurants or any eating place), government offices, transport terminals (bus, taxi, ferry, train), airports, schools, institutions of higher learning, service counters of Telekoms and Pos Malaysia, public halls smoke-free. Smoking banned in petrol stations |