Section 31-40q - Smoking in the workplace. Designation of smoking rooms(a) As used in this section:(1) "Person" means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, limited liability companies, business trusts, legal representatives or any organized group of persons; (2) "Employer" means a person engaged in business who has employees, including the state and any political subdivision thereof; (3) "Employee" means any person engaged in service to an employer in the business of his employer; (4) "Business facility" means a structurally enclosed location or portion thereof at which employees perform services for their employer. The term "business facility" does not include: (A) Facilities listed in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 19a-342 or subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 19a-342a; (B) any establishment with a permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor pursuant to section 30-22aa, issued on or before May 1, 2003; (C) for any business that is engaged in the testing or development of tobacco, tobacco products or cannabis, the areas of such business designated for such testing or development; or (D) during the period from October 1, 2003, to April 1, 2004, establishments with a permit issued for the sale of alcoholic liquor pursuant to section 30-22a or 30-26 . (5) "Smoke" or "smoking" means the burning of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other similar device, whether containing, wholly or in part, tobacco, cannabis or hemp;(6) "Cannabis" means marijuana, as defined in section 21a-240;(7) "Electronic nicotine delivery system" has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-342a;(8) "Electronic cannabis delivery system" has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-342a;(9) "Vapor product" has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-342a;(10) "Any area" has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-342a; and(11) "Hemp" has the same meaning as provided in section 22-61l. (b) Each employer shall prohibit smoking and the use of electronic nicotine and cannabis delivery systems and vapor products in any area of any business facility under said employer's control. (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit an employer from designating an entire business facility and the real property on which the business facility is located as a nonsmoking area. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40q
(P.A. 83-268; P.A. 87-149, S. 1, 3; P.A. 91-94 ; P.A. 95-79 , S. 109 , 189 ; P.A. 03-45 , S. 2 ; 03-235 , S. 3 ; P.A. 04-9 , S. 3 ; P.A. 17-146 , S. 39 .)
Amended by P.A. 22-0092, S. 3 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 5/24/2022.Amended by P.A. 22-0118, S. 512 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 5/7/2022.Amended by P.A. 21-0001, S. 88 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Special Session, eff. 10/1/2021.Amended by P.A. 17-0146, S. 39 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2017 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2017. Cited. 224 C. 666 ; 243 Conn. 66 .