Full question:
What is the smoking laws in Iowa for a private business? What is the regulatory smoking distance from a door in Iowa for a private business?
- Category: Smoking
- Date:
- State: Iowa
Answer:
The Employer can establish non-smoking for outside within a certain distance of the door or all together. We do not find a prohibition otherwise in Iowa for the area you mention.Iowa Statutes
Title IV. PUBLIC HEALTH
Subtitle 2. HEALTH-RELATED ACTIVITIES
Chapter 142D. Smokefree air Act
Current through 2016 Legislative Session
§ 142D.5. Declaration of area as nonsmoking
1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, an owner, operator, manager, or other person having custody or control of an area otherwise exempt from the prohibitions of section 142D.3 may declare the entire area as a nonsmoking place.
2. Smoking shall be prohibited in any location of an area declared a nonsmoking place under this section if a sign is posted conforming to the provisions of section 142D.6.
Cite as Iowa Code § 142D.5
History. 2008 Acts, ch 1084, §5
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