Signed by Governor Ted Kulongoski

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur in House amendments and pass a bill that bans smoking in indoor public places, including restaurants, bars, and places of employment.

Highlights:

- Redefines "place of employment" to include meeting rooms, elevators, and stairways, and vehicles owned by an employer and used by more than one employee (sec. 1). - Prohibits smoking within 10 feet of entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes of public places or places of employment (sec. 3). - Repeals several exceptions to the ban on smoking, including those for restaurants, bars, taverns, and bowling centers (sec. 4). - Allows smoking in smoke shops and cigar bars which had $5,000 or more in retail cigar sales in calendar year 2006 (sec. 4).

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that expands the ban on smoking in public places.

Highlights:

- Redefines "place of employment" to include meeting rooms, elevators, and stairways, and vehicles owned by an employer and used by more than one employee (sec. 1). - Prohibits smoking within 10 feet of entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes of public places or places of employment (sec. 3). - Repeals several exceptions to the ban on smoking, including those for restaurants, bars, taverns, and bowling centers (sec. 4). - Allows smoking in smoke shops and cigar bars which had $5,000 or more in retail cigar sales in calendar year 2006 (sec. 4).

Full Bill Text