The Chicago Clean Indoor Air Ordinance, MCC chapter 7-32, plus the state Smoke-Free Illinois Act 410 ILCS 82, ban smoking in restaurants, bars, parks, beaches, transit shelters, and within fifteen feet of building entrances. Vaping is treated identically.
Chicago's Smoke-Free Air Ordinance lives in MCC chapter 7-32 and extends the Smoke-Free Illinois Act, 410 ILCS 82, to outdoor settings the state law alone does not reach. Smoking and vaping are banned inside all enclosed workplaces, restaurants, and bars, on Chicago Park District property including parks and beaches, on Chicago Transit Authority bus shelters and platforms, in outdoor dining areas, and within fifteen feet of any building entrance, operable window, or air intake. Cannabis smoking is treated the same way under MCC 7-32 plus the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Property owners must post signs and ask offenders to stop. Cigarette butt litter draws separate fines under chapter 7-28.
Individual smokers face fines from one hundred to two hundred fifty dollars under MCC 7-32-040; businesses that fail to post or enforce can be fined two hundred fifty to two thousand five hundred dollars per offense.
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