Delaware's Clean Indoor Air Act (DE 16 Ch. 29) bans smoking in enclosed workplaces and public places statewide. Wilmington parks and city facilities have additional smoke-free policies under Chapter 28.
Delaware's Clean Indoor Air Act prohibits smoking in virtually all enclosed workplaces, restaurants, bars, and public buildings under Title 16 Chapter 29. Wilmington supplements this with smoke-free policies at city parks, recreation facilities, and government buildings under Chapter 28 and personnel policies. Vaping is generally treated like smoking under DE law amendments. Outdoor dining areas may have site-specific rules; transit shelters under DART policy are smoke-free. Hospital and school campuses are entirely smoke-free under separate state rules.
Smoking in prohibited locations brings fines for individuals and the establishment owner under DE Title 16; repeat workplace violations can result in license consequences.
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