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Tobacco Free Environments
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Tobacco Free Environments
Topic is not addressed in state statutes or regulations, but is addressed in non-codified policy.
Official Code of Georgia Annotated 31-12A-2. Definitions.
(16) "Smoking" means inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted tobacco product including cigarettes, cigars, and pipe tobacco.
Official Code of Georgia Annotated 31-12A-2. Definitions.
(10) "Public place" means an enclosed area to which the public is invited or in which the public is permitted, including, but not limited to, banks, bars, educational facilities, health care facilities, laundromats, public transportation facilities, reception areas, restaurants, retail food production and marketing establishments, retail service establishments, retail stores, shopping malls, sports arenas, theaters, and waiting rooms. A private residence is not a public place unless it is used as a licensed child care, adult day-care, or health care facility.
Official Code of Georgia Annotated 31-12A-4. Smoking prohibited in enclosed public places.
(a) Except as otherwise specifically authorized in Code Section 31-12A-6, smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed public places in this state.
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