No. SB 986
Filed under Healthcare.
Smoking in Public Places; Defining the term “public place”; revising the definition of the terms “smoking” and “vape” or “vaping”; prohibiting smoking or vaping a marijuana product in public places in this state, with exceptions, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDProhibits smoking or vaping a marijuana product in any "public place," a newly defined term covering streets, sidewalks, parks, beaches, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, offices, apartment buildings, restaurants, and stores.
Bans smoking or vaping marijuana in a "customs smoking room," the specially designated space where international travelers may otherwise smoke tobacco while held at an airport for entry processing.
Expands the definition of "smoking" -- previously limited to tobacco products -- to explicitly include lighted marijuana products, bringing marijuana smoking within the existing indoor-workplace smoking ban for the first time.
Extends the law's stated purpose of protecting people from secondhand tobacco smoke to cover secondhand marijuana smoke and vapor as well.
AIBeyond the existing ban on smoking or vaping in an enclosed indoor workplace, the bill separately bans smoking or vaping a marijuana product in any public place, a term defined to reach far beyond indoor workplaces.
AIThe bill defines 'public place' for the first time, reaching streets, sidewalks, highways, parks, and beaches, plus the common areas of schools, hospitals, government buildings, apartment buildings, offices, lodging, restaurants, transportation facilities, and retail shops.
AIThe definition of 'smoking,' previously limited to lighted tobacco products with no catch-all for other substances, now expressly includes any lighted marijuana product, bringing marijuana cigarettes and similar items within the smoking ban for the first time.
AIEven inside a customs smoking room, the specially designated space at an airport where international travelers awaiting entry processing may smoke tobacco, smoking or vaping a marijuana product is now flatly prohibited at any time.