No Smoking Drinking Sign

No Smoking Drinking Sign

The No Smoking Drinking sign is a combined prohibition notice used aboard vessels to prohibit both smoking and consuming beverages within a designated area at the same time. It is commonly posted at cargo control rooms, tank tops, paint lockers, and other spaces where naked flames and contamination risks make both activities unsafe together, rather than fitting two separate signs for what is effectively one restricted zone. Displaying a single combined pictogram keeps compliance signage compact in tight spaces such as pump rooms and workshop entrances where wall space for multiple separate notices is limited.

As an ISO 7010 pictogram, the design combines a crossed-out cigarette and a crossed-out cup or bottle within a shared red circle and diagonal bar on a white background, communicating both restrictions in a single glance without relying on written language for multinational crews. This sign corresponds to IMPA code 33.8566 and ISSA code 47.585.66, the reference numbers ship chandlers and marine safety suppliers use to source the correct combined pictogram rather than ordering two separate signs. Safety Sign Hub stocks this design ready for despatch, letting vessels standardise on the combined format across relevant compartments in a single order.

Where A Combined Restriction Applies

This No Smoking Drinking sign suits compartments where consuming food or drink poses a contamination or safety risk alongside the more familiar fire hazard from smoking, such as chemical stores, paint lockers, laboratories on research vessels, and certain cargo holds carrying sensitive product. Rather than posting a No Smoking sign next to a separate No Food Or Drink sign, which can clutter a small bulkhead and dilute the visual impact of either message, the combined pictogram delivers both restrictions with a single fixing point. Safety officers auditing a vessel’s compliance signage often prefer this format specifically for compact spaces like workshop entrances or store rooms, where every extra sign competes for limited wall area near a doorway already carrying other notices.

Safety Sign Hub manufactures this No Smoking Drinking sign from fire-retardant, UV-stable material built to last in the varied environments where it gets fitted, from humid paint lockers to sun-exposed deck stores. The printed pictogram resists fading and chemical staining, an important consideration given the sign is often mounted in compartments storing solvents or other chemicals that could otherwise degrade a lower-quality label over time. A photoluminescent version is available for compartments with limited fixed lighting, and standard ISO panel dimensions mean the sign sits neatly alongside other prohibition notices without looking mismatched.

Stock formats include a self-adhesive vinyl label for quick application to a door or bulkhead, and a rigid panel for more permanent fixing in spaces subject to rougher handling. Both carry the same combined pictogram artwork and IMPA/ISSA reference, so a chief officer restocking multiple compartments can order in bulk from a single SKU. Vessels updating their broader safety signage often check the full prohibition signs range at the same time to cover related restrictions in one purchase.

Keeping Combined Signage Consistent

Following the ISO 7010 conventions for combined prohibition pictograms, detailed at iso.org, ensures a vessel’s signage remains recognisable to surveyors and visiting personnel who are used to seeing standard combined symbols rather than locally improvised alternatives. Because the same graphical logic underpins Australian Standard AS 1319, ships calling at Australian ports benefit from displaying a pictogram that shore-based inspectors already understand at a glance. Fleets managing several vessels find it efficient to specify this combined sign wherever both restrictions apply together, rather than leaving individual masters to decide whether one or two signs are needed for a given compartment.

Because paint lockers and chemical stores are inspected regularly during internal audits, keeping this sign in good condition matters more than for lower-traffic compartments, since a faded or missing pictogram is an easy deficiency for an auditor to flag. Many vessels pair the sign with a laminated compartment entry log listing any additional precautions specific to that space, giving crew a complete picture beyond the two restrictions shown on the pictogram itself. Replacing the sign proactively during scheduled maintenance rounds, rather than waiting for it to be flagged, keeps this small but frequently checked item off the pre-survey punch list entirely.