Smoking will now be prohibited in essentially all public places,
including hospitals, schools, sports facilities and all restaurants. Smoking
will also be banned in taxis, trains, buses, and bus and train stations.
What are the exemptions?
• Drinking establishments where food is 20 percent or less of annual
sales.
• A designated outdoor smoking area at a sports or recreation facility,
theater or performance establishment.
• A private club can opt to be exempted from the ban provided
the club takes a vote of its officers to address smoking in its facilities.
Private clubs include fire, ambulance and rescue companies and fraternal
organizations.
• Smoking in private clubs will be available to members only and
will be prohibited at all club activities which are open to non-members
and all club activities which are open to the public.
• Non-club sponsored events leased for private events must be
smoke free.
• Up to 25 percent of the rooms in a lodging establishment like a hotel or motel, and all rooms at full-service truck stops.
• Up to 25 percent of a casino floor, and up to 50 percent if a casino can prove to the state Department of Revenue that the smoking
ban is harming its business. (A Philadelphia law bans smoking in any city casino.)
• Nursing homes, adult-care facilities, drug and alcohol treatment facilities and mental health care facilities.
• Private residences and private vehicles, unless the residence or vehicle is being used for the provision of day-care or adult-care
services.
• Cigar bars that are connected to a tobacco shop or where tobacco-related products total at least 15 percent of annual sales.
• Tobacco shops; manufacturers, importers and wholesalers of tobacco products; manufacturers of tobacco-related products.
• Tobacco promotion events or fund-raisers for nonprofit and charitable organizations where cigars are featured.
If you have questions about the legislation, please contact my office. You may also log on to the Pennsylvania Department of Health
Web site and click on CleanIndoorAir to have your questions answered
Source of above: http://repmiller.com/uploads/Miller_NL-8-08-2.pdf
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