§ 50-40-102 — Intent -- Purpose

50-40-102 . Intent -- purpose. The legislature finds and declares that the purposes of this part are as follows:
(1) to protect the public health and welfare by prohibiting smoking in public places and places of employment;
(2) to recognize the right of nonsmokers to breathe smoke-free air; and
(3) to recognize that the need to breathe smoke-free air has priority over the desire to smoke.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 2, Ch. 368, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 361, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 268, L. 2005.