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§ 25-14-204. General smoking restrictions

CO Rev Stat § 25-14-204 (2018) (N/A)
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(1) Except as provided in section 25-14-205, and in order to reduce the levels of exposure to environmental tobacco and marijuana smoke, smoking shall not be permitted and no person shall smoke in any indoor area, including, but not limited to:

(a) Public meeting places;

(b) Elevators;

(c) Government-owned or -operated means of mass transportation, including, but not limited to, buses, vans, and trains;

(d) Taxicabs and limousines;

(e) Grocery stores;

(f) Gymnasiums;

(g) Jury waiting and deliberation rooms;

(h) Courtrooms;

(i) Child day care facilities;

(j) Health care facilities including hospitals, health care clinics, doctor's offices, and other health care related facilities;

(k)

(I) Any place of employment that is not exempted.

(II) In the case of employers who own facilities otherwise exempted from this part 2, each such employer shall provide a smoke-free work area for each employee requesting not to have to breathe environmental tobacco smoke. Every employee shall have a right to work in an area free of environmental tobacco smoke.

(l) Food service establishments;

(m) Bars;

(n) Limited gaming facilities and any other facilities in which any gaming or gambling activity is conducted;

(o) Indoor sports arenas;

(p) Restrooms, lobbies, hallways, and other common areas in public and private buildings, condominiums, and other multiple-unit residential facilities;

(q) Restrooms, lobbies, hallways, and other common areas in hotels and motels, and in at least seventy-five percent of the sleeping quarters within a hotel or motel that are rented to guests;

(r) Bowling alleys;

(s) Billiard or pool halls;

(t) Facilities in which games of chance are conducted;

(u)

(I) The common areas of retirement facilities, publicly owned housing facilities, and, except as specified in section 25-14-205 (1)(k), nursing homes, but not including any resident's private residential quarters or areas of assisted living facilities specified in section 25-14-205 (1)(k).

(II) Nothing in this part 2 affects the validity or enforceability of a contract, whether entered into before, on, or after July 1, 2006, that specifies that a part or all of a facility or home specified in this paragraph (u) is a smoke-free area.

(v) Public buildings;

(w) Auditoria;

(x) Theaters;

(y) Museums;

(z) Libraries;

(aa) To the extent not otherwise provided in section 25-14-103.5, public and nonpublic schools;

(bb) Other educational and vocational institutions; and

(cc) The entryways of all buildings and facilities listed in paragraphs (a) to (bb) of this subsection (1).

(2) A cigar-tobacco bar shall not expand its size or change its location from the size and location in which it existed as of December 31, 2005. A cigar-tobacco bar shall display signage in at least one conspicuous place and at least four inches by six inches in size stating: "Smoking allowed. Children under eighteen years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian."

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§ 25-14-204. General smoking restrictions