If you see customers, staff, or visitors smoking, you or your staff must tell them not to smoke indoors. The Department of Health recommends that you remove ashtrays and other receptacles used to extinguish cigarettes or other smoking items. The CIAA requires that no smoking signs or the international no smoking symbol which consists of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette in a circle with a bar across it must be prominently posted and properly maintained where smoking is not permitted.
With the exception of sports or recreational facilities, theater or performance establishments, the outdoor property of a business building is not covered by the Pennsylvania Clean Indoor Air Act.
The Department of Health recommends that the designated area for smoking be located in an area away from building entrances, windows or openings, and have appropriate containers for ash and cigarette disposal.
The CIAA does not provide a required minimum distance. If possible, a distance of 20 feet is recommended. Our volunteer fire company has two separate buildings for bingo — one for smokers and one for non-smokers. How will the CIAA affect our bingo? The CIAA requires that bingo halls that are open to the public must be smoke-free.
Our place of worship owns and operates a bingo which is open to the public. Do we need to be smoke-free? By CIAA definition your establishment is both a public place and a workplace that may not permit smoking. Our restaurant has an outside deck. Is there anything that prohibits us from making the deck non-smoking since it is outside? The CIAA does not ban smoking for structures such as a deck or patio that is not enclosed by walls and a ceiling, but does make it clear that nothing in the Act is intended to preclude the owner of a public or private property from prohibiting smoking on the property.
Can employees working in an auto body shop smoke on the work floor? Is smoking outside permitted during working hours? No, employees may not smoke on the work floor. Permitting smoking outside during working hours is at the discretion of the employer and, if allowed, should be in a designated area away from openings into the work area. Our business is a union workplace. How do we establish our policy to comply with the Clean Indoor Air Act?
The CIAA smoke-free requirement for the indoor workplace and public places supersedes all union agreements related to smoking in the indoor areas of a workplace or public place. Any other policy would relate to outdoor smoking and accommodations for your workers. In the construction industry workers are outside putting up residential or commercial buildings. When is a newly enclosed space considered a smoke free workplace?
As the construction of a building may be completed in phases, when a portion of the building is enclosed with a floor, walls and a ceiling that area of the building is considered to be a smoke free workplace. The CIAA does not permit the construction of a separate area with its own ventilation system and entrance for the sole purpose of smoking.
Our county jail currently allows inmates to smoke inside and allows smoking in an administrative office that is attached, but outside of the jail itself. Both the jail and the administrative office are located in the County Courthouse.
Will the legislation ban smoking in the jail by inmates and staff? Will the legislation ban smoking in the administrative office. Both the jail and the administrative offices are workplaces, and as such must be smoke free in any and all indoor areas. Our day care facility is currently non smoking and we want the grounds to be smoke free as well. What do we need to do to be a completely smoke-free facility?
There are no restrictions on business owners that want to extend the no smoking area of their property to include the outdoor area. This can be accomplished by posting appropriate signage and implementing an outdoor smoke free policy for employees and the public.
Section 3 b of the CIAA identifies certain establishments which are exceptions to the general rule that "an individual may not engage in smoking in a public place. Owners are encouraged to prohibit smoking in indoor or enclosed areas on their property even where they are not required to do so.
In order to qualify for the private club exception, the organization must take and record a vote of its officers under the bylaws to address smoking in the private club's facilities. If the officers vote to allow smoking in the private club's facilities, members may smoke during member-only meetings and activities.
A private club may not permit smoking when the club is:. The Department recommends that private clubs report the outcome of the officers' vote to address smoking to the Department so that the information is available should any complaints of violations be reported. A form to report the status of the private club to the Department will be available on the Department's website here. Private Homes, Private Residences and Private Vehicles The CIAA bans smoking in private homes, private residences or private vehicles during the time that the home, residence or vehicle is being used to:.
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