(a) Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed public places within this state, including, but not limited to, the following places:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 39-17-1803

  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Smoking: means inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or other lighted tobacco product in any manner or in any form. See Tennessee Code 39-17-1802
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Aquariums, galleries, libraries, and museums;
(2) Areas available to and customarily used by the general public in businesses and nonprofit entities patronized by the public, including, but not limited to, banks, laundromats, factories, professional offices, and retail service establishments;
(3) Child care and adult day care facilities;
(4) Convention facilities;
(5) Educational facilities, both public and private, except as provided by § 49-7-135;
(6) Elevators;
(7) Health care facilities;
(8) Hotels and motels;
(9) Lobbies, hallways, and other common areas in apartment buildings, condominiums, trailer parks, retirement facilities, nursing homes, and other multiple-unit residential facilities;
(10) Polling places;
(11) Public and private transportation facilities, including trains, buses, taxicabs and airports under the authority of state or local governments, and ticket, boarding, and waiting areas of public transit depots;
(12) Restaurants;
(13) Restrooms, lobbies, reception areas, hallways, and other common-use areas;
(14) Retail stores;
(15) Rooms, chambers, places of meeting or public assembly, including school buildings, under the control of an agency, board, commission, committee or council of this state or a political subdivision of the state, to the extent the place is subject to the jurisdiction of the state;
(16) Service lines;
(17) Shopping malls;
(18) Sports arenas, including enclosed public places in outdoor arenas; and
(19) Theaters and other facilities primarily used for exhibiting motion pictures, stage dramas, lectures, musical recitals, or other similar performances.
(b) This prohibition on smoking shall be communicated to all existing employees and to all prospective employees upon their application of employment.
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