Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 5 - Clean Indoor Air Act
Section 24-501 - Definitions

(a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
    (b)    “Employee” has the meaning stated in § 5–101 of the Labor and Employment Article.
    (c)    “Employer” has the meaning stated in § 5–101 of the Labor and Employment Article.
    (d)    “Environmental tobacco smoke” means the complex mixture formed from the escaping smoke of a burning tobacco product or smoke exhaled by the smoker.
    (e)    “Indoor area open to the public” means:
        (1)    An indoor area or a portion of an indoor area accessible to the public by either invitation or permission; or
        (2)    An indoor area of any establishment licensed or permitted under the Alcoholic Beverages Article for the sale or possession of alcoholic beverages.
    (f)    “Place of employment” has the meaning stated in § 5–101 of the Labor and Employment Article.
    (g)    “Smoking” means the burning of a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, or any other matter or substance that contains tobacco.