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Provincial
Legislation
As of January 1, 2003, Bill 125, An Act to Protect Young Persons and Other
Persons from Tobacco Smoke will be in effect. A summary of the Smoke Free
Public Places Act is below:
No smoking is permitted in the following enclosed places:
- daycare, pre-school
- school, community college or university [also, no smoking on school
grounds]
- library, art gallery or museum
- health-care facility
- cinema or theatre
- video arcade, pool hall, billiards room
- recreational facility where the primary activity is physical recreation,
including, a bowling alley, fitness centre, gymnasium, pool or rink
- multi-service centre, community centre/hall, arena, fire hall or church
hall*
- meeting or conference room or hall, ballroom or conference centre
- retail shop, boutique, market or store or shopping mall
- laundromat
- ferry, ferry terminal, bus, bus station or shelter, taxi, taxi shelter,
limousine or vehicle carrying passengers for hire
- common area of a commercial building or multi-unit residential building
including corridors, lobbies, stairwells, elevators, escalators, escalators,
eating areas, washrooms and restrooms
- offices of the Government of the Province, a municipality, a village
or a school board
- provincial jail, detention centre, or reformatory
* Note: smoking may be permitted in these locations during bingo or liquor
licensed events where youth under 19 are not permitted
Restricted Smoking
In the following places, smoking is restricted to designated smoking
rooms and times.
Designated smoking room:
- must be enclosed and separately ventilated
- youth under 19 are not permitted to enter
- signs must be posted at the entrance
Workplaces (other than restaurants, bars, bingos, nursing homes, psychiatric
facilities, veterans acute/long term care facilities)
- no smoking in indoor areas except in a designated smoking room that
is used exclusively for smoking (i.e. not a work area or lunch room).
- no smoking in vehicles used in the course of employment while carrying
two or more employees
Restaurants
- no smoking except in a designated smoking room
- designated smoking room cannot comprise more than 25% of seating area
- on outdoor patios smoking area restricted to 50% of seating
Beverage rooms & Lounges
- between 6:00AM and 9:00PM, no smoking except in a designated smoking
room
- the designated smoking room cannot comprise more than 25% of seating
area.
- on outdoor patios between 6:00AM and 9:00PM, smoking area restricted
to 50% of seating
Places used for Bingo
- if youth under 19 are permitted to enter, no smoking except in a designated
smoking room
Private clubs
- if youth under 19 are permitted to enter, no smoking except in a designated
smoking room
Psychiatric facility, nursing home or residential care facility or a part
of a health-care facility used for the acute or long-term care of veterans:
- no smoking in indoor areas except in designated smoking rooms
Building entrances
- no smoking within 4 metres of windows, air intake vents and entrances
to places of employment
Tobacco Possession by Youth
- no youth under the age of 19 may possess tobacco
- tobacco possession is not an offence, however, peace officers with reasonable
and probable grounds to believe that a person under 19 may be in possession
of tobacco may confiscate tobacco.
Municipal by-laws
- municipalities or other bodies may enact more restrictive by-laws.
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