Connecticut No Smoking Sign

State Statute Section 19a-342: Smoking

• Expands definition of smoking to include any tobacco, hemp, and cannabis
• “Area” where smoking is prohibited now includes both the interior of buildings (facilities, businesses, workplaces) AND the outside area within twenty-five feet of any doorway, operable window, or air intake vent of the facility, building or establishment.

Locations specifically mentioned include:

• In any building or portion of a building owned and operated, or leased and operated by the state or any political subdivision of the state [Additional language from Public Act No. 21-175]
• Health care institutions, including psychiatric facilities
• Retail establishments (expanded from retail food store) accessed by the general public
• Any restaurant
• Establishments with liquor permits (Exception for private clubs with club liquor permits issued prior to May 1, 2003)
• Any area of school buildings and grounds
• Childcare facilities or property, with the exception of family day cares operated in homes; smoking and vaping is only prohibited when the enrolled child is present during customary business hours
• Passenger elevators
• Dormitories of any public or private institution of higher education
• Dog racetrack/facility equipped with screens for simulcasting off track betting or jai alai games
• Any area of a platform or a shelter at a rail, busway, or bus station [Additional language from Public Act No. 21-175]
• Any rooms offered to guests of hotel, motel, or similar lodging (previously 25% of rooms could allow smoking)
• Correctional facility or Halfway house

State Statute Section 19a-342a: Vaping

• Expands definition of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Vapor Products to include any hemp, tobacco, or cannabis and synthetic nicotine
• “Area” now includes both the interior of buildings (facilities, businesses, workplaces) AND the outside area within twenty-five feet of any doorway, operable window, or air intake vent of the facility, building or establishment
• Applies to same locations as where smoking is banned

State Statute Section 31-40q: Workplace

• All businesses of any size must be non-smoking, non-vaping. Smoking rooms are no longer allowed
• All businesses may deem their entire property to be smoke and vape free