H.B. 525 Summary

• Prohibits smoking and use of tobacco products within Hawaii's state park system, effective July 1, 2015.

• Department of Parks may designate exclusive use areas that are exempt from the smoking and tobacco product ban.

• Requires conspicuously posted signs at each state park with letters at least one inch in height to notify visitors of the prohibition.

• Defines prohibited items as cigarettes, cigars, pipes, electronic smoking devices, snuff, chewing tobacco, and smokeless tobacco.