Section 18.35.300. Places where smoking is regulated.

Smoking in any form is a nuisance and a public health hazard and is prohibited in the following vehicles and indoor places, except as allowed under AS 18.35.310:
        (1) a vehicle of public transportation and a waiting, baggage, or boarding area for a vehicle of public transportation, including a bus, ferry vessel, train, limousine for hire, taxicab, or scheduled interstate or intrastate aircraft flight when consistent with federal law;
        (2) a place of employment, a building or other structure, or a portion of them, owned, leased, or operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state, including an office, library, museum, theater, concert hall, convention hall, gymnasium, swimming pool, or other place of entertainment or recreation;
        (3) a public or private postsecondary educational institution or adult day care facility;
        (4) a courtroom or jury deliberation room;
        (5) a room, chamber, or other place under the control of the state senate or state house of representatives while a public meeting or public assembly is not in progress;
        (6) a nursing home, rest home, or other residential health care institution or facility, or a public or private office or facility that is engaged primarily in providing mental health services;
        (7) a food service establishment that has a seating capacity of at least 50 persons;
        (8) a grocery store or other store maintained primarily for the retail sale of food products;
        (9) a place of employment in which the owner, manager, proprietor, or other person who has control of the premises posts a sign stating that smoking is prohibited by law;
        (10) a correctional facility; and
        (11) the Alaska Pioneers' Home or the Alaska Veterans' Home.

Authorities

18.35.310;18.35.320;18.35.330;18.35.340;18.35.341;18.35.342;18.35.343;18.35.350;18.35.355;18.35.365

Notes

Recent Bills that will modify this

HB 289 BOARD OF BARBERS AND HAIRDRESSERS
HB 328 REGULATION OF SMOKING
SB 1 REGULATION OF SMOKING

References

18 AAC 31.040
7 AAC 10.1085
AS 18.35.310 Exemptions.
AS 18.35.320 Designation of smoking sections.
AS 18.35.330 Display of smoking and no smoking signs.
AS 18.35.340 Civil complaints; penalties.
AS 18.35.341 Citations; penalty.
AS 18.35.342 Multiple fines prohibited.
AS 18.35.343 Injunctions.
AS 18.35.350 Enforcement authority.
AS 18.35.355 Public education.
AS 18.35.365 Definitions.

History

(Sec. 1 ch 125 SLA 1975; am Sec. 2 ch 34 SLA 1984; am Sec. 1 ch 64 SLA 1990; am Sec. 5 ch 59 SLA 2004)