Bill Summary: Raised Bill No. 78

• Expands smoking prohibitions to include a 25-foot perimeter around building entrances, windows, and air intake vents for all affected facilities and establishments.

• Adds electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor products to smoking ban regulations, applying the same restrictions as traditional cigarettes and cigars in all covered locations.

• Removes exemptions for correctional facilities and designated smoking areas in psychiatric facilities; eliminates smoking room provisions for employers except those with fewer than five employees.

• Defines "vapor product" to exclude FDA-approved medicinal products prescribed or administered by healthcare providers, and updates definitions for electronic nicotine delivery systems and related components.

• Effective date of October 1, 2020 for all amendments to sections 19a-342 (smoking), 19a-342a (vapor products), and 31-40q (employer workplace requirements).