50-40-102. Intent — purpose. The legislature finds and declares that the purposes of this part are as follows:

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Terms Used In Montana Code 50-40-102

  • to smoke: includes the act of lighting, smoking, or carrying a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or any smokable product and includes the use of marijuana. See Montana Code 50-40-103

(1)to protect the public health and welfare by prohibiting smoking in public places and places of employment;

(2)to recognize the right of nonsmokers to breathe smoke-free air; and

(3)to recognize that the need to breathe smoke-free air has priority over the desire to smoke.