The Freedom to Breathe Act applies to all indoor workplaces. Smoking is prohibited in all indoor places of work with more than one person, including lunchrooms, breakrooms and offices, expect under certain narrow circumstances.
For further information on how the new law is different from the previous Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, click here.
The Minnesota Department of Health's fact sheets on how the law impacts various workplaces are available through the following links (PDF):
- Tobacco products shops
- Public transportation
- Heavy commercial vehicles and construction equipment
- Multi-unit rental housing
- Lodging establishments
- Smoking by patients in a locked psychiatric unit
- Family farms and farm vehicles
- Family home daycare providers
- Smoking as part of theatrical productions
- Smoking as part of scientific studies
For more information about Minnesota's new smoke-free law, please visit the Minnesota Department of Health's Freedom to Breathe website at http://www.health.state.mn.us/freedomtobreathe/.