Is smoking allowed in multi-unit apartment buildings?
Smoking is not allowed in enclosed common areas of apartment buildings. The areas include (but are not limited to): reception areas, lobbies, hallways, laundries, elevators, stairways or stairwells, or other areas to which the public is invited or in which the public is permitted. Smoking is not regulated in private apartments within a multi-unit apartment building. Go back to top Is smoking allowed when children or minors are present? The law does not address smoking when children or minors are present except when a private residence is a child care facility or child care home. Go back to top What are some examples of areas where smoking is allowed? There are specific public places where smoking will be allowed, including: up to 20 percent of rooms in a hotel or motel, retail tobacco stores, private clubs with no employees, most outdoor areas of employment, limousines under private hire and private vehicles, farm tractors, and the gaming floor of casinos. The law also allows smoking a