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Statewide smoking ban: On January 1, 2008, the Smoke Free Illinois Act went into effect, banning smoking in all enclosed workplaces, including bars, restaurants, and casinos, and within 15 feet (4.6 m) of such places; exempts certain retail tobacco stores, private and semiprivate rooms in nursing homes occupied exclusively by smokers, enclosed ...
Guyana has a smoking ban in public places, indoor work spaces and public transport. The laws are very rarely enforced and smoking inside of local village bars and even in the capital city, Georgetown, nightclubs is very common. Offenders could face a 10,000.00 GYD fine if they are caught. [113]
A ban on flavored tobacco, as mandated by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, was implemented by the CTP on September 22, 2009. This law bans the sale or distribution of any cigarettes containing an artificial or natural flavor other than tobacco. This ban does not apply to menthol.
Smoking will be banned in all U.S. public housing as of fall 2018 to reduce the exposure of residents to secondhand smoke.
The smoking ban in New York City was credited with the reduction in adult smoking rates at nearly twice the rate as in the rest of the country, "and life expectancy has climbed three years in a decade". [81] In Sweden, use of snus, as an alternative to smoking, has risen steadily since that nation's smoking ban. [82]
State lawmakers are inching closer to potentially imposing a complete smoking ban in Atlantic City casinos with an important hearing set next week.
The smoking ban is slated to be enforced by city police and violators could faces fines of $250 to $500 for the first offense and $500 to $1,000 for the second offense, according to city documents.
The primary goal of the bill was to prohibit smoking in indoor public places and workplaces to benefit the public interest. [7] The Smoke-Free Air Act stated that separate sections for smoking and nonsmoking sections in workplaces and indoor public areas were not eliminating the health hazard to nonsmokers and banning smoking altogether in these areas was a necessary solution to this problem.