The legislature finds and declares that the smoking of tobacco, or any other weed or plant, is a positive danger to health and a health hazard to those who are present in enclosed places and that smoking in such areas should be confined to designated smoking areas. The legislature further declares its intention to protect the public health from such hazards in public places and places of employment without imposing exorbitant costs on persons in management and control of the places subject to the [Dee Johnson] Clean Indoor Air Act. It is not the intent of the legislature to preempt the field of regulation of smoking in public from the enactment of ordinances by local governing bodies which are not inconsistent with the [Dee Johnson] Clean Indoor Air Act.
History: Laws 1985, ch. 85, § 2.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Constitutional law, validity, construction and application of municipal ordinances restricting smoking in restaurants, 105 A.L.R. 5th 333.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 16 - Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air
Section 24-16-1 - Short title.
Section 24-16-2 - Declaration of policy and intent; public health.
Section 24-16-3 - Definitions.
Section 24-16-4 - Smoking prohibited.
Section 24-16-12 - Smoking-permitted areas.
Section 24-16-13 - Prohibition of smoking near entrances, windows and ventilation systems.
Section 24-16-14 - Responsibilities of employers.
Section 24-16-15 - Posted smokefree and smoking-permitted areas.
Section 24-16-16 - Enforcement.
Section 24-16-17 - Violations.