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(1) A person shall not smoke tobacco or a tobacco product or hold a lighted tobacco product in an enclosed or indoor area of a work place, or in any other public place except in a designated area.

(2) For the purpose of this Part, a work place and a public place include

(a) offices and office buildings;

(b) factories, health and educational institutions;

(c) premises in which children are cared for;

(d) a means of transportation used for commercial, public or professional purposes by more than one person;

(e) public transportation terminals;

(f) wholesale and retail establishments including shopping malls and markets;

(g) entertainment facilities and facilities rented out for events;

(h) sports stadia and other sports arenas, whether fully enclosed or not, and any enclosed recreational facilities;

(i) bars, restaurants and pools whether open or enclosed;

(j) places of collective use;

(k) a facility that employs personnel whether paid or not; and

(l) any other facilities accessible to the public.

(3) A person who is in control of or responsible for a public place or work place shall

(a) post signs at that workplace that clearly indicate that the establishment is a non-smoking area;

(b) not display an ashtray in that public place or workplace;

(c) discontinue service to a customer who is smoking in that place;

(d) ask a customer or employee who smokes in that place to stop smoking or leave that place immediately;

(e) issue warnings or take other appropriate disciplinary action against an employee who smokes in that place; and

(f) arrest or cause to be arrested any person who refuses to stop smoking and refuses to leave that place.

 (4) The appropriate authority shall post signs at a work place or a public place to clearly indicate that the place is a non-smoking area.

(5) A person shall not obstruct a person who is in control of or responsible for a public place or workplace in the discharge of duties under this Part.

(6) Despite subsection (4) an appropriate authority may provide a designated area for the smoking of tobacco or a tobacco product.