smoking bans by state

smoking bans by state
Is the smoking ban a federal law?

is the smoking ban a federal law? or is it by state?

There are federal rules and state laws. The federal rules only affect government buildings and offices. Otherwise, the laws that band smoking in restaurants etc are by state.

Here is a list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_smoking_bans_in_the_United_States

smoking bans by state

Enforcing Workplace Smoking Bans

There are different smoking ban regulations that are in place in the different states. There are some states that have very strict smoking bans that affect almost every area of public life. In other states, the laws are left up to the various cities and places of business.

There are workplace smoking bans that require the majority of the workplace to be smoke free while designating a smoking area in a room or outside a certain side of the building. These workplace smoking bans allow individuals who want to work in a place where the air is not full of smoke to work, and it also allows people who like to smoke to enjoy their breaks with their cigarettes in the designated areas.

Types of Bans

The workplace smoking bans depend on the type of workplace. There are workplace smoking bans in most government run businesses such as museums and schools. There are also usually workplace smoking bans at theaters and hospitals. All of these workplaces usually have some area that is designated for smoking so that people that smoke can still have a place to go and enjoy their break.

If the workplace is a place of travel, then there are also usually comprehensive workplace smoking bans in those places. Train stations, bus stations and airports usually have designated areas where people can smoke but on the buses, trains or planes, there is not any smoking allowed at all.

There is sometimes smoking allowed in a bar in those places of travel, but that is not always the case. In addition, if the workplace is a hotel or motel, smoking bans are also in place, however, the rooms that are available as a non-smoking room might end up being occupied by a smoker, thus making the room smell like smoke.

There are also workplace bans on smoking in place where there is dining available. Most restaurants have workplace smoking bans that allow their customers to eat without being surrounded by smoke. There are sometimes smoking sections available still in certain restaurants, especially those that have bars in them, but these are diminishing since the smoke from those areas will sometimes drift into the other areas where smoking is not allowed.

There are some places that are sports bars where there is food served as well as drinks. These usually still allow smoking, but today there are more and more of these restaurants that have implemented workplace smoking bans for their customers.

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Do you believe California should become a non-smoking state?

Are you a non-smoker, do you live in an apartment with a balcony? Have you ever been tortured by the second hand smoke of your neighbors?

Do you believe that it would be a good idea to ban smoking in buildings, in the apartments as well–and what about the state.

Share you idea and opinions. Do you agree with having a non smoking state? what legal actions can be taken, how can we make this a better state?
Some of you assume that the balcony door is open. you forget that second hand some is a GAS it travels through the crack and the through the walls. closing door and windows will not help: not structure can keep out gas!
FOR CASE IN PURPOSES, you want to ban smoking, how would you do it.

please don’t debate on the positives of smokings b/c there are none!

Bars are not public places.

You can ban smoking in public places, but not private. Sadly, CA has already done that. It’s a gross overstep on the part of the government. They have no right to tell people how to run a business. If I have a restaurant and I want to allow people to smoke, it is up to the nonsmokers to go somewhere else. If I lose enough business, I will eventually ban smoking.

And apartment buildings DEFINITELY should not be forced to ban smoking. If it bothers you that much (I can’t see how it would), either close your balcony door or move somewhere where it isn’t a problem. You have no right to tell other people how to live. If an apartment building wants to ban smoking of its own accord, lovely, but if it’s banned statewide, where are the smokers going to go?

I’ll tell you where… a different state. We’ll see how well our economy fares when THAT happens.

Smoking Bans and State-ism

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