HEALTH Health: Enact the "Georgia Smokefree Air Act of 2005"; Provide for Definitions; Prohibit Smoking in Certain Facilities and Areas; Provide for Exceptions; Provide That Entire Establishments, Facilities, or Outdoor Areas Shall Be Nonsmoking; Provide for Posting of Signs and Removal of Ashtrays; Provide for an Informational Program; Provide for Enforcement; Provide That This Prohibition Shall Be Cumulative to Other General or Local Acts, Rules, and Regulations; Provide for Statutory Construction; Provide for Related Matters; Provide for Effective Dates; Repeal Conflicting Laws; and for Other Purposes

Authors

Rebecca SmithFollow

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act prohibits smoking in all enclosed public places in Georgia. The Act exempts private residences, hotel and motel rooms (as long as the hotel or motel does not designate more than 20% of the rooms as smoking), retail tobacco stores, long term care facilities, outdoor areas of employment, smoking areas in international airports, all workplaces of any manufacturer, importer, or wholesaler of tobacco products, private and semiprivate rooms in healthcare facilities (with written authorization from the treating physician), all bars and restaurants denying access and employment to those under the age of 18, convention facilities denying access and employment to those under the age of 18, common work areas open to the public by appointment only, private clubs, military and noncommissioned officer clubs, and designated smoking areas located in nonwork areas with independent air handling systems. The Act also requires the posting of nonsmoking signs and the removal of all ashtrays. Finally, the Act makes it a misdemeanor for an individual to violate this bill and imposes a fine of $100 to $500.

Recommended Citation

Rebecca Smith, HEALTH Health: Enact the "Georgia Smokefree Air Act of 2005"; Provide for Definitions; Prohibit Smoking in Certain Facilities and Areas; Provide for Exceptions; Provide That Entire Establishments, Facilities, or Outdoor Areas Shall Be Nonsmoking; Provide for Posting of Signs and Removal of Ashtrays; Provide for an Informational Program; Provide for Enforcement; Provide That This Prohibition Shall Be Cumulative to Other General or Local Acts, Rules, and Regulations; Provide for Statutory Construction; Provide for Related Matters; Provide for Effective Dates; Repeal Conflicting Laws; and for Other Purposes, 22 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2005).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol22/iss1/13