2004 Minnesota Statutes

     144.415 Designation of smoking areas.  

    Smoking areas may be designated by proprietors or other 
 persons in charge of public places, except in places in which 
 smoking is prohibited by the fire marshal or by other law, 
 ordinance or rule. 

    Where smoking areas are designated, existing physical 
 barriers and ventilation systems shall be used to minimize the 
 toxic effect of smoke in adjacent nonsmoking areas.  In the case 
 of public places consisting of a single room, the provisions of 
 this law shall be considered met if one side of the room is 
 reserved and posted as a no smoking area.  No public place other 
 than a bar shall be designated as a smoking area in its 
 entirety.  If a bar is designated as a smoking area in its 
 entirety, this designation shall be posted conspicuously on all 
 entrances normally used by the public.  

    HIST: 1975 c 211 s 5; 1985 c 248 s 70