Birmingham's Clean Indoor Air Ordinance prohibits smoking in enclosed workplaces, restaurants, bars, and most public buildings, and limits outdoor smoking near doorways and on certain public properties. Vaping is treated as smoking under the ordinance.
Birmingham passed one of Alabama's strongest smoke-free ordinances in 2012, banning smoking in nearly all enclosed public places and workplaces, including bars and restaurants. The ordinance requires a buffer between smoking activity and entrances, operable windows, and ventilation intakes of regulated buildings. Electronic cigarettes and vape devices are covered the same as combustible tobacco. Owners must post no-smoking signs at every entrance, remove ashtrays, and ask violators to comply. The Jefferson County Department of Health enforces the rule alongside Birmingham officials.
Individual smokers can be cited and fined, while business owners who fail to enforce can face escalating fines, permit suspension, and civil-penalty actions by the Jefferson County Department of Health.
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