I was only a few months early banning smoking at my room and its worked out Ok.
State Health Department officials said the 90 days of start-up time will allow them to conduct an educational effort for consumers and businesses, with a goal of maximizing compliance by businesses and minimizing problems.
The law will ban smoking in schools, colleges and government-owned buildings; in public transportation centers and mass-transit vehicles; at stadiums and theaters; in restaurants, bowling alleys and nightclubs; in most health-care facilities and most bars and taverns.
Bars and taverns where food sales don't exceed 20 percent of the bar's total gross sales -- and which don't permit people under age 18 to enter -- can still allow smoking.
They must first, however, show records to the state Health Department proving that their revenue from on-premises food sales don't make up more than 20 percent of their business, said Amy Christie of the Pennsylvania Tavern Association.
She said she doesn't know how many Pennsylvania taverns would fall into the category of still permitting smoking. But there are 12,500 bar and tavern licenses in the state, so the number could be significant.
Other exceptions for smoking include private membership groups, like veterans and fraternal clubs; 25 percent of a casino floor (except for the two casinos to be built in Philadelphia, where smoking will be completely banned under that city's ordinance); private homes, except those used as day-care centers; tobacco processing facilities; and 25 percent of the rooms in a hotel or motel.
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State Health Department officials said the 90 days of start-up time will allow them to conduct an educational effort for consumers and businesses, with a goal of maximizing compliance by businesses and minimizing problems.
The law will ban smoking in schools, colleges and government-owned buildings; in public transportation centers and mass-transit vehicles; at stadiums and theaters; in restaurants, bowling alleys and nightclubs; in most health-care facilities and most bars and taverns.
Bars and taverns where food sales don't exceed 20 percent of the bar's total gross sales -- and which don't permit people under age 18 to enter -- can still allow smoking.
They must first, however, show records to the state Health Department proving that their revenue from on-premises food sales don't make up more than 20 percent of their business, said Amy Christie of the Pennsylvania Tavern Association.
She said she doesn't know how many Pennsylvania taverns would fall into the category of still permitting smoking. But there are 12,500 bar and tavern licenses in the state, so the number could be significant.
Other exceptions for smoking include private membership groups, like veterans and fraternal clubs; 25 percent of a casino floor (except for the two casinos to be built in Philadelphia, where smoking will be completely banned under that city's ordinance); private homes, except those used as day-care centers; tobacco processing facilities; and 25 percent of the rooms in a hotel or motel.
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