§ 39-17-1804. Exempted Areas
Notwithstanding any other provision of this part to the contrary, the following areas shall be exempt from § 39-17-1803: Age-restricted venues; Hotel and motel rooms that are rented to guests and are designated as smoking rooms; provided, that no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of rooms rented to guests in a hotel or motel may […]
§ 39-17-1805. Posting of Nonsmoking Areas
“No Smoking” signs or the international “No Smoking” symbol, consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across it, shall be clearly and conspicuously posted at every entrance to every public place and place of employment where smoking is prohibited by this part by the […]
§ 39-17-1806. Enforcement — Notice — Complaints — Inspections — Informing Violators
This part shall be enforced by the department of health in those enclosed public places otherwise regulated by the department. This part shall be enforced by the department of labor and workforce development in those enclosed public places otherwise regulated by the department. If neither department otherwise regulates an enclosed public place where smoking is […]
§ 39-17-1807. Penalties
A person who knowingly smokes in an area where smoking is prohibited by this part shall be subject only to a civil penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00). A person who owns, manages, operates or otherwise controls any public place where smoking is prohibited pursuant to this part and who knowingly fails to comply with any […]
§ 39-17-1702. Curfew Established — Exceptions — Duties of Apprehending Authority
It is unlawful for any minor between seventeen (17) and eighteen (18) years of age to remain in or upon any public street, highway, park, vacant lot, establishment or other public place within the county during the following time frames: Monday through Thursday between the hours of eleven o’clock p.m. (11:00 p.m.) to six o’clock […]
§ 39-17-1511. Maintenance of Smoking Paraphernalia in Area Inaccessible to Customers
For the purpose of this section: “Counter” means the point of purchase at a retail establishment; “Retail establishment” means a place of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services; and “Smoking paraphernalia” means: A cigarette holder; A smoking pipe made of metal, wood, acrylic, glass, stone, or plastic with […]
§ 39-17-1512. Liquid Nicotine Containers to Satisfy Federal Child-Resistant Effectiveness Standards
As used in this section, “liquid nicotine container”: Means a bottle or other container that contains liquid nicotine or any other substance containing nicotine, where the liquid or other substance is sold, marketed, or intended for use in a vapor product; and Does not include a liquid or other substance containing nicotine in a cartridge […]
§ 39-17-1513. Department of Agriculture Encouraged to Study Effects of Sale and Distribution of Vapor Products to Persons Under 21
The department of agriculture is urged to study the effects of the sale and distribution of vapor products to persons under twenty-one (21) years of age and is encouraged to make recommendations to the legislature with regard to reducing such sale and distribution.
§ 39-17-1601. Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Children’s Act for Clean Indoor Air.”
§ 39-17-1602. Purpose
It is the intention of the general assembly that this part reduce the extent to which children are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke in facilities where children’s services are provided.