Smoking ban Details

The ban would take effect:

90 days after it is signed by Gov. Ed Rendell.

Violators can be fined:

Up to $250 for the first offense.

Up to $500 for a second offense, if it is within a year of the first.

Up to $1,000 for a third offense, if it is within a year of the second.

Bans smoking at:

Enclosed workplaces and commercial establishments.

Areas where the public is invited or permitted.

Allows smoking at:

Drinking establishments where food is 20 percent or less of annual sales.

A designated outdoor smoking area at a sports or recreation facility, theater or performance establishment.

Private clubs.

Up to 25 percent of the rooms in a lodging establishment, such as a hotel or motel, and all rooms at full-service truck stops.

Up to 25 percent of a casino floor, and up to 50 percent if a casino can prove to the state Department of Revenue that the smoking ban is harming its business.

Nursing homes, adult-care facilities, drug and alcohol treatment facilities and mental-health-care facilities.

Private residences and private vehicles, unless the residence or vehicle is being used for child-care or adult-care services.

Cigar bars that are connected to a tobacco shop or where tobacco-related products total at least 15 percent of annual sales.

Tobacco shops; manufacturers, importers and wholesalers of tobacco products; manufacturers of tobacco-related products.

Tobacco-promotion events, or fundraisers for nonprofit and charitable organizations where cigars are featured.

Source: Senate Bill 246