Smoke-Free Air Act
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Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
that came into effect in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, USA, on April 15, 2006. This law prohibits smoking
Smoking
Smoking is a practice in which a substance, most commonly tobacco or cannabis, is burned and the smoke is tasted or inhaled. This is primarily practised as a route of administration for recreational drug use, as combustion releases the active substances in drugs such as nicotine and makes them...
in any indoor public place and work place.
Exemptions
- CasinoCasinoIn modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...
floors - Cigar bars and lounges which make 15% of their income from tobaccoTobaccoTobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
products. - Tobacco retail establishments whose primary (51%) sales are from tobacco products.
Penalties
A person in violation of the law:- $250 first offense
- $500 second offense
- $1000 for each subsequent violation
Businesses that fail to comply with the law:
- $250 first offense
- $500 second offense
- $1000 for each subsequent violation
Smoke-free casinos
Atlantic Prevention Resources (APR) and Atlantic County REBELReaching Everyone By Exposing Lies
Reaching Everyone By Exposing Lies is an Anti-Tobacco program for teens in New Jersey. REBEL began back in 2000 at Kick Ash Weekend. It was originally funded under the Master Settlement Agreement. It is currently funded by the high taxes on tobacco products. Currently there are three division of...
have begun petitioning for smoke-free casinos. Casino floors are the biggest exemption from the law. Currently, these organisations are working to remove them from the exemption.