Dallas City Code Chapter 41B prohibits smoking in restaurants, bars, public parks, libraries, and within fifteen feet of doorways, windows, or air intakes of enclosed public places, including e-cigarettes citywide since 2018 amendments.
Chapter 41B is one of the strongest Texas smoke-free ordinances. The 2008 ordinance covered restaurants and most workplaces; a 2017 expansion added bars, billiard halls, and bingo parlors. Smoking is banned in all public parks, trails, plazas, libraries, transit stops, outdoor patios serving food, and within fifteen feet of any enclosed public-place entrance, operable window, or ventilation intake. E-cigarettes and vaping are treated identically under 2018 amendments. Property owners must post compliant signage and remove ashtrays. Dallas Code Compliance enforces. Hookah lounges have a narrow grandfather exemption that is being phased out.
Smoking in covered locations: fines up to $500 per violation. Property owners failing to post signs, remove ashtrays, or stop violations face separate citations. Each day is a separate offense.
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