O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-12-2 (2019)

Smoking in public places

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) A person smoking tobacco in violation of Chapter 12A of Title 31 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, if convicted, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00.

(b) This Code section shall be cumulative to and shall not prohibit the enactment of any other general and local laws, rules and regulations of state or local agencies, and local ordinances prohibiting smoking which are more restrictive than this Code section.

History

Code 1933, § 26-9910, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 45, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 16; Ga. L. 1994, p. 650, § 3; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 16/HB 95; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1184, § 1/SB 90.

Annotations

Cross references. Master settlement agreement on tobacco, §§ 10-13-1 et seq., 10-13A-1 et seq. Prohibited acts, § 16-12-171.

Code Commission notes. The amendment of this Code section by Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 16(7), irreconcilably conflicted with and was treated as superseded by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1184, § 1. See County of Butts v. Strahan, 151 Ga. 417 (1921). Law reviews. For note on the 1994 amendment of this Code section, see 11 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 126 (1994).

OFFENSES/HEALTH & MORALS

For article, “Misdemeanor Sentencing in Georgia,” see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 8 (2001). OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting required for violators. - O.C.G.A. § 16-12-2 is an offense for which those charged with a

violation are to be fingerprinted. 2006 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2006-2.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Constitutionality of anti-cigarette legislation, 20 A.L.R. 926. Validity, construction, and application

of nonsmoking regulations, 65 A.L.R.4th 1205. Secondary smoke as battery, 46 A.L.R.5th 813.