If your state regulates smoking in the workplace, you may be required to post appropriate "no-smoking" signage at building entrances, break rooms, and other designated areas as required by law. This means that you may need to display signage in addition to your all-in-one labor law poster in order to satisfy the requirements in your state. Be sure to review the relevant law in your state and contact your state's department of health to determine applicable requirements for your business and ensure full compliance with the law.
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| Alabama | Alabama's 2003 statewide smoking law, the Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act, generally prohibits smoking in public places and public meetings unless a smoking area is designated that in certain places must be "enclosed and well ventilated." Employers must prominently post "no-smoking" signs in enclosed work areas and appropriate "smoking area" signs in entrances to enclosed designated smoking areas. |
| Alaska | Alaska's statewide smoking law generally requires the designation of smoking and nonsmoking areas and warning signage in most enclosed workplaces and public places. In areas where a smoking section is designated, employers must conspicuously post signs that specify the portions of the place in which smoking is allowed by law and in which smoking is prohibited by law. |
| Arizona | On May 1, 2007, the Smoke Free Arizona Act (Proposition 201) went into effect after passage by 54.7% of voters the prior November, banning smoking in all enclosed workplaces and within 20 feet (6.1 m) of an entrance or exit of such a place, including bars and restaurants, only exempting private residences, retail tobacco stores, private clubs, smoking associated with American Indian religious ceremonies, outdoor patios, and stage/film/television performances; local governments may enact stricter regulations than the state. Employers must clearly and conspicuously post appropriate "no smoking" signs in no-smoking areas and at entrances to buildings where smoking is not permitted. |
| Arkansas | On July 21, 2006, the Arkansas Clean Indoor Air Act of 2006 went into effect, banning smoking in all enclosed workplaces in Arkansas, exempting only private residences, hotel and motel rooms designated as smoking rooms, workplaces with fewer than three employees, retail tobacco stores, desigated areas in nursing homes, outdoor areas, workplaces of tobacco manufacturers (and importers and wholesalers), restaurants and bars that do not allow patrons younger than 21, and gaming floors of operations regulated by the Arkansas Racing Commission. Employers must post "no-smoking" signs appropriately in every place covered by the law |
| California | Since January 1, 1995, smoking has been banned in all enclosed workplaces in California, including restaurants and bars. Effective January 1, 2004, California bill AB846 bans smoking within 20 feet (6.1 m) of the entrance or operable window of a public building ("public building" means a building owned and occupied, or leased and occupied, by the state, a county, a city, a city and county, or a California Community College district.) Employers must conspicuously post "no-smoking" signs at entrances of any building or structure where smoking is prohibited throughout. As of June 9, 2016, employers and owner-operated businesses must comply with the following laws.: 1. Certain areas and workplaces previously exempt under the Clean Indoor Air Law must now be smoke-free. 2. Electronic smoking devices cannot be used anywhere cigarette smoking is prohibited under state law. Please CLICK HERE to get more information. |
| Colorado | On July 1, 2006, the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act went into effect, banning smoking in all enclosed workplaces statewide, including bars and restaurants. Casinos, initially exempt, were added to the ban Jan. 1, 2008. Employers who receive a request from an employee to create a smoke-free work area must post signs in the smoke-free work area prohibiting smoking. |
| Connecticut | On October 1, 2003, the Clean Indoor Air Act went into effect, banning smoking statewide in all enclosed workplaces in Connecticut, including restaurants and bars. If a business has five or fewer employees (except bars and restaurants), the employer and all employees can agree to designate 20% of the place's enclosed space as a smoking area, provided that it is separately ventilated and adequate break room space for nonsmokers is allocated. Employers of fewer than 5 employees must post signs that clearly designate nonsmoking areas. Beginning October 1, 2015, the state regulates a no vaping regulations. A separate signage must be posted in elevators, where smoking is prohibited. Click Here to get more information. |
| Delaware | On November 1, 2002, the Clean Indoor Air Act went into effect, banning smoking statewide in all enclosed workplaces in Delaware, including bars, restaurants, and casinos. "Warning: Smoking Permitted'' signs shall be prominently posted and properly maintained where smoking is permitted pursuant to § 2904(2) and (4) of this title. Such signs shall be posted and maintained by the owner, operator, manager or other person having control of such area. The letters on such signs shall be at least 1 inch in height. |
| District of Columbia | Effective January 2007, smoking is banned in bars, restaurants, and other public places in the District of Columbia; exempts outdoor areas, designated hotel/motel rooms, retail tobacco stores, cigar bars, hookah bars, and businesses that can show they receive 10% or more of their annual revenue from tobacco sales, excluding cigarette machines. At entrances to workplaces where smoking is prohibited, and in no-smoking areas, employers must conspicuously post the international no-smoking sign, and the following statement: "NO SMOKING UNDER PENALTY OF LAW. MAXIMUM FINE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000)." |
| Florida | On July 1, 2003, smoking was banned statewide in all enclosed workplaces in Florida, exempting private residences, retail tobacco shops, designated smoking rooms in hotels/motels, stand-alone bars with no more than 10% of revenue from food sales, rooms used for quit-smoking programs and medical research, and designated smoking areas in customs transit areas under the authority of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Employers are required to prohibit smoking in enclosed indoor workplaces, which are areas that have physical barriers enclosing more than half of the combined areas on each side and more than half of the ceiling. |
| Georgia | Employers must conspicuously post appropriate signs in public places where smoking is prohibited. Signs are required to state "No Smoking" or display the international "No smoking" symbol. Signs also must include the applicable state code section "O.C.G.A. § 31-12A-1 et seq." |
| Hawaii | Employers must conspicuously post appropriate signs that read "Smoking Prohibited by Law" or the international "no smoking" symbol in buildings and at entrances to buildings where smoking is prohibited. Effective January 1, 2016 the prohibition also includes electronic smoking devices also known as e-cigarettes. You may CLICK HERE to download the poster for free. |
| Idaho | Employers of 5 or fewer employees must post appropriate "Warning: Smoking Permitted" signs in designated smoking rooms. |
| Illinois | Employers are required to conspicuously post "no-smoking" signs in places of employment and at entrances to buildings in which smoking is prohibited. |
| Indiana | Effective July 1, 2012, Indiana's Smoke-Free Air Law prohibits smoking in most public places and places of employment, including hotels, motels, nursing homes, healthcare facilities, bowling alleys, theatres and most other workplaces. It also prohibits smoking within 8 feet of a public entrance to a public place or a place of employment. All public places and places of employment must post one or more of five types of signs, depending on the nature of the business. By clicking the links below, you can print statutory compliant smoking signs that can be posted at your place of business |
| Iowa | Employers must conspicuously post appropriate "no-smoking" signs or the international "no smoking" symbol at all entrances to and inside enclosed places of employment and public places. The signs must include the telephone number 888-944-2247, and the Web address http://www.iowasmokefreeair.gov/ to report violations. |
| Kansas | The proprietor or other person in charge of an area where smoking is prohibited must post in a conspicuous place signs displaying the international "no smoking" symbol and clearly stating that smoking is prohibited by state law. |
| Kentucky | Kentucky currently has no state laws restricting smoking in private workplaces |
| Louisiana | Employers must conspicuously post "no-smoking" signs or the international "no smoking" symbol where smoking is prohibited. |
| Maine | Employers must conspicuously post appropriate "no-smoking" signs or the international "no smoking" symbol in buildings where smoking is not permitted. |
| Maryland | Employers are required to properly post and maintain signs that state "Smoking Permitted in This Room" where smoking is allowed, and "no-smoking" signs at entrances to indoor places of employment where smoking is not permitted. |
| Massachusetts | Employers must conspicuously post "no-smoking" signs that can be seen by employees and others in the workplace. No Smoking now includes e-cigarette. |
| Michigan | Employers must conspicuously post "no-smoking" signs or the international "no smoking" symbol in all buildings and at all entrances to buildings or other areas where smoking is prohibited. |
| Minnesota | Employers must conspicuously post signs which state, "No smoking is permitted in this entire establishment," or a similar statement, at entrances to buildings covered by the law. August 1,2019, No Smoking include vaping, the use of electronic delivery devices (also known as e-cigarettes or vapes). Click here for MN Clean Indoor Act FAQs. |
| Mississippi | Mississippi has no state laws restricting smoking in private workplaces. |
| Missouri | Employers or others in charge of work areas must conspicuously post signs in smoking and no-smoking areas to make clear where smoking is prohibited and permitted. FAQs Regarding the Missouri Clean Indoor Air Law |
| Montana | Employers, building managers or proprietors must post a "no-smoking" sign in a conspicuous place at building entrances. Click here for more information. |
| Montana | Employers, building managers or proprietors must post a "no-smoking" sign in a conspicuous place at building entrances. Click here for more information. |
| Nevada | Employers must clearly and conspicuously post "no-smoking" signs at building entrances and in areas where smoking is not allowed. Click here for more information. |
| New Hampshire | Signs must be placed at all major entrances to buildings, facilities, or other enclosed places subject to the law, Where smoking is prohibited, signs must state that “smoking is prohibited in this building or facility,” or words to that effect, or the international symbol for “no-smoking” may be substituted for or used in addition to the prohibition statement.Click here for more information. |
| New Jersey | Employers must post signs which may be easily seen at public entrances to workplaces, stating whether smoking is prohibited or permitted. |
| New Jersey | Employers must post signs which may be easily seen at public entrances to workplaces, stating whether smoking is prohibited or permitted. |
| New Mexico | Employers are required to post "NO SMOKING" signs which are easily seen at entrances to work areas where smoking is prohibited. No Smoking now includes vaping. Click here for more information. |
| New York | Employers are required to prominently post and properly maintain "no-smoking" signs or signs with the international "no smoking" symbol at every entrance to an enclosed workplace. The employer's smoking policy also must be posted and a copy provided to employees on request. Click here for more information about the State of New York's Clean Indoor Air Act. |
| North Carolina | The law requires no-smoking signs in conspicuous locations stating that smoking is prohibited. No Smoking signs must be posted at each public entrance at a height and location easily seen, and display: The Division’s toll-free complaint line telephone number (1-800-662-7030); “G.S.130A-497”; and "http://www.smokefree.nc.gov." Click here for more information. |
| North Dakota | Employers must conspicuously post "no-smoking" signs or the international "no smoking" symbol in all workplaces and at all entrances to buildings or other areas where smoking is prohibited. Click here for more information. |
| North Dakota | Employers must conspicuously post "no-smoking" signs or the international "no smoking" symbol in all workplaces and at all entrances to buildings or other areas where smoking is prohibited. Click here for more information. |
| Ohio | Employers that prohibit smoking are required to post "no-smoking" signs conspicuously in all areas and entrances to buildings where smoking is not allowed, in pedestrian walkways between places that permit and prohibit smoking, and in vehicles. |
| Oklahoma | Employers must conspicuously post appropriate signs at entrances to buildings where smoking is prohibited. |
| Pennsylvania | Employers are required to post "no-smoking" signs prominently where smoking is prohibited, and post signs at entrances to buildings where smoking is permitted. |
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| Rhode Island | "No smoking" signs or the international "No smoking" symbol (consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across it) shall be clearly and conspicuously posted in every public place and place of employment where smoking is prohibited by this chapter, by the owner, operator, manager or other person in control of that place. Signs required by this chapter may be provided by the state department of health at cost. Every public place and place of employment where smoking is prohibited by this chapter shall have posted at every entrance a conspicuous sign clearly stating that smoking and vaping is prohibited. All signs necessary to comply with this section shall be attached at eye level and shall contain the following words "IT IS ILLEGAL TO SMOKE IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT". To report a violation call " ." |
| South Carolina | South Carolina currently has no state laws restricting smoking in private workplaces. |
| South Dakota | Employers are required to prohibit smoking in all enclosed places of employment and enclosed public places, and may not permit anyone to possess lighted tobacco products in these areas. |
| Tennessee | Employers are required to clearly and conspicuously post appropriate "no-smoking" signs at all entrances to places of employment where smoking is prohibited. The signs must be posted at easily-seen heights and locations, must be clearly legible, and must include a telephone number to report violations. |
| Texas | Texas currently has no state laws restricting smoking in private workplaces. |
| Utah | Employers must conspicuously post appropriate signs that state: "No smoking is permitted in this establishment" at entrances to work areas where the employer has prohibited smoking. |
| Vermont | Employers are required to prohibit smoking in all indoor areas of workplaces or workplace units, and smoking is also prohibited in most places to which the general public has access. |
| Virginia | A manager of a building or area in which smoking is regulated by an ordinance must post in an appropriate place, in a clear, conspicuous, and sufficient manner, "Smoking Permitted" signs, "No Smoking" signs, or "No-Smoking Section Available" signs, as appropriate. |
| Washington | A manager of a building or area in which smoking is regulated by an ordinance must post in an appropriate place, in a clear, conspicuous, and sufficient manner, "Smoking Permitted" signs, "No Smoking" signs, or "No-Smoking Section Available" signs, as appropriate. |
| West Virginia | West Virginia currently has no state laws restricting smoking in private workplaces. |
| Wisconsin | Employers must post the international "no-smoking" sign setting forth the prohibition on smoking and providing other appropriate notification and information concerning the prohibition. |
| Wyoming | Wyoming currently has no state laws restricting smoking in private workplaces. |