Title 7 — Human Health Care and Safety.

(a) The Council of the District of Columbia finds that the inhalation of concentrated smoke resulting from the smoking of tobacco in facilities in which the public congregates is a clear danger to health and a cause of inconvenience and discomfort to persons present in such facil…

For the purpose of this subchapter: (1) “Bus stop” means a location that has been designated by a pole and appropriate signage as a place where passengers board a bus. (1A) “Educational facility” means any enclosed indoor area used primarily as a library or for instruction of enr…

Smoking shall be prohibited in the following: (1) Any elevator, except in a single-family dwelling; (2) Any public selling area of a retail store, except in a tobacco shop or store primarily concerned with selling tobacco and smoking equipment; (3) Any public assembly or hearing …

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the owner, manager, or person in charge of any restaurant having a seating capacity of 50 or more shall designate at least 25% of the total seating capacity as a nonsmoking area. Bar and lounge seating in the restaurant is…

(a) Any private or public employer in the District of Columbia (“District”) shall, within 3 months of May 2, 1991, adopt, implement, and maintain a written smoking policy that contains the following provisions: (1) Designation of an area in the workplace where smoking may be perm…

(a) No person shall refuse to hire or employ any applicant for employment, or discharge or otherwise discriminate against any employee with respect to compensation or any other term, condition, or privilege of employment, on the basis of the use by the applicant or employee of to…

(a) A property owner or ground-floor commercial tenant has the authority to post signs on his or her property stating that smoking is not permitted on public space within a specified distance from and abutting the building wall. That distance shall not be greater than 25 feet or …

(a) In any place, elevator, or vehicle in which smoking is prohibited, the owner, manager, or person in charge of the place, elevator, or vehicle shall post or cause to be posted signs that read, “No Smoking Under Penalty of Law”, “No Smoking Except in Smoking Areas”, or “Smoking…

(a) The owner, lessee, manager, operator or other person in charge of a facility or vehicle where smoking is prohibited pursuant to this subchapter shall: (1) Post and maintain the appropriate "No Smoking" signs; and (2) Ask persons observed smoking in violation of this subchapte…

Any person who violates any provision of this subchapter, other than § 8 of D.C. Law 3-22, by: (1) Smoking in a posted "No Smoking" area or defacing or removing a "No Smoking" sign, or failing to post warning signs as set forth in § 7-1704(a) shall be assessed a civil fine of no …

If any provision of this subchapter, or its application to a particular person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this subchapter.

This subchapter shall not prohibit smoking in the following areas: (1) An area where smoking is permitted by any provision of this subchapter; (2) A tobacco shop or store primarily concerned with selling tobacco and smoking equipment; (3) Upon the stage by performers during the c…

The Mayor shall establish, in conjunction with the District of Columbia Commissioner of Public Health or any other agencies or departments of the District, a program to educate the general public on the issue of smoking and involuntary smoking, the health risks involved, and the …

Nothing in this subchapter shall make lawful smoking in any place in which smoking is prohibited pursuant to § 6-1401 et seq., § 35-251(b), or any other District of Columbia or federal law.

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Other tobacco product” means a cigar, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, smokeless tobacco, snuff, roll-your-own tobacco, cigarette papers or tubes, pipes for smoking tobacco, or any other product containing tobacco that is intended…

(a) No person shall sell, give, or furnish any cigarette or other tobacco product to, or purchase any cigarette or other tobacco product on behalf of, any person under 18 years of age. (b)(1) Any person who sells any cigarette or other tobacco product and who has reasonable cause…

(a)(1) No person under 18 years of age shall purchase any cigarette or other tobacco product, possess any cigarette or other tobacco product, or attempt to purchase or possess any cigarette or other tobacco product. (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to a person…

(a) No person shall sell or distribute cigarettes or other tobacco product, except cigars, through a self-service display. (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to: (1) Vending machines that are permitted under § 47-2404(b)(3); or (2) Self-service displays that are l…

(a) No person shall sell or distribute to any person within the District of Columbia any cigarettes except in packages containing no less than 20 cigarettes. (b) This section does not apply to a tobacco specialty store. (c) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section i…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no cigarette or other tobacco product shall be sold to individual customers from mobile vending motor vehicles and trailers that sell retail food products ready for immediate consumption. (b) Cigarettes may be sold at hotd…

Civil fines, penalties, and fees may be imposed as alternative sanctions for any infraction of §§ 7-1721.02, 7-1721.04, 7-1721.05, and 7-1721.06, or any rules or regulations issued under the authority of this subchapter for these sections, pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2 [§ 2-1…

(a) No person, agent, or employee of any person shall, in the course of doing business, distribute any free cigarettes or other tobacco product to any person on any public street, public sidewalk, public park, playground, in a public building, other public property, or private pr…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Cigarette” means any product that contains any amount of nicotine, regardless of size, shape, or presence of other ingredients, that is intended to be burned or heated and consists of or contains any roll of tobacco wrapped in p…

No cigarette may be sold or offered for sale in the District of Columbia unless: (1) It has been tested in accordance with the test method specified in § 7-1753(a)(2); (2) It meets the performance standard required by § 7-1753(a)(4); (3) The manufacturer has filed a written certi…

(a) The test method and performance standard for cigarettes sold or offered for sale in the District of Columbia shall include the following: (1) A laboratory that conducts a test in accordance with this subsection shall implement a quality control and quality assurance program. …

(a)(1) Each manufacturer shall submit written certification to the Mayor attesting that its cigarettes have been tested in accordance with this subchapter and meet the performance standard required under § 7-1753. (2) The submission shall include a description of each cigarette b…

(a) A manufacturer shall: (1) Retain all data from testing conducted on cigarettes that are offered for sale in the District of Columbia pursuant to this subchapter for 3 years; and (2) Make the data available to the Mayor and the Attorney General for the District of Columbia upo…

(a)(1) A manufacturer or wholesale dealer who knowingly fails to comply with any of the provisions of this subchapter, or regulations promulgated pursuant to this subchapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violation and not to exceed $100,000 f…

(a) No later than July 1, 2008, the Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter, including regulations regarding the conduct of random inspections of wholesale and retail dealers to ensure compliance wi…