Smoke-Free Arizona Law

While the goal of the Smoke-Free Arizona Act is to protect Arizona’s citizens from the dangers of secondhand smoke, there are some exempt public places, defined by A.R.S. § 36-601.01 (B), where smoking is allowed.

• Private residences (except when used as a licensed child care, adult day care, or health care facility)
  
  
• Hotel and motel rooms designated as smoking rooms (no more than fifty percent of rooms rented to guests in a hotel or motel are so designated)
  
  
• Retail tobacco store (physically separated and independently ventilated so that smoke from retail tobacco stores does not infiltrate non-smoking areas)  
  
  
• Veterans and fraternal clubs when they are not open to the general public
  
  
• Smoking when associated with religious ceremony practiced pursuant to the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978
  
  
• Outdoor patios so long as tobacco smoke does not enter areas where smoking is prohibited through entrances, windows, ventilation systems, or other means
  
  
• Theatrical performance upon a stage or in the course of a film production or television production if the smoking is part of the performance or production
  
  

  Tribes are Sovereign Nations. The Smoke-Free Arizona Act has no application on Indian reservations as defined in A.R.S. 42-3301 (2).
  
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