Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-14-204
General smoking restrictions.
Effective Jul 14, 2020L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 56, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1)(u) amended, p. 398, § 1, effective August 3. L. 2013: IP(1) amended, (SB 13-283), ch. 332, p. 1895, § 14, effective May 28. L. 2019: IP(1), (1)(k), (1)(u)(I), (1)(bb), and (1)(cc) amended, (1)(q) repealed, and (1)(dd), (1)(ee), and (1)(ff) added, (HB 19-1076), ch. 337, p. 3094, § 3, effective July 1; (2) amended and (3) added, (HB 19-1076), ch. 337, p. 3094, § 3, effective October 1. L. 2020: (2)(b) and (3) amended, (HB 20-1001), ch. 302, p. 1503, § 2, effective July 14.
(1) Except as provided in section 25-14-205, smoking is not permitted and a person shall not smoke in any indoor area, including:
- (a) Public meeting places;
- (b) Elevators;
- (c) Government-owned or -operated means of mass transportation, including, but not limited to, buses, vans, and trains;
- (d) Taxicabs and limousines;
- (e) Grocery stores;
- (f) Gymnasiums;
- (g) Jury waiting and deliberation rooms;
- (h) Courtrooms;
- (i) Child day care facilities;
- (j) Health-care facilities including hospitals, health-care clinics, doctor's offices, and other health-care-related facilities;
(k)
- (I) Any place of employment that is not exempted, whether or not open to the public and regardless of the number of employees.
- (II) In the case of employers who own facilities otherwise exempted from this part 2, each such employer shall provide a smoke-free work area for each employee requesting not to have to breathe secondhand smoke and emissions from electronic smoking devices.
- (l) Food service establishments;
- (m) Bars;
- (n) Limited gaming facilities and any other facilities in which any gaming or gambling activity is conducted;
- (o) Indoor sports arenas;
- (p) Restrooms, lobbies, hallways, and other common areas in public and private buildings, condominiums, and other multiple-unit residential facilities;
- (q) Repealed.
- (r) Bowling alleys;
- (s) Billiard or pool halls;
- (t) Facilities in which games of chance are conducted;
(u)
- (I) The common areas of retirement facilities, publicly owned housing facilities, and nursing homes, but not including any resident's private residential quarters.
- (II) Nothing in this part 2 affects the validity or enforceability of a contract, whether entered into before, on, or after July 1, 2006, that specifies that a part or all of a facility or home specified in this paragraph (u) is a smoke-free area.
- (v) Public buildings;
- (w) Auditoria;
- (x) Theaters;
- (y) Museums;
- (z) Libraries;
- (aa) To the extent not otherwise provided in section 25-14-103.5, public and nonpublic schools;
- (bb) Other educational and vocational institutions;
- (cc) Airports;
- (dd) Hotel and motel rooms;
- (ee) Assisted living facilities, including nursing facilities as defined in section 25.5-4-103 and assisted living residences as defined in section 25-27-102; and
- (ff) The entryways of all buildings and facilities listed in subsections (1)(a) to (1)(ee) of this section.
(2) A cigar-tobacco bar:
- (a) Shall not expand its size or change its location from the size and location in which it existed as of December 31, 2005; and
- (b) Shall prohibit entry by any person under twenty-one years of age and shall display signage in at least one conspicuous place and at least four inches by six inches in size stating: Smoking allowed. Persons under twenty-one years of age may not enter.
(3) A retail tobacco business:
- (a) Shall prohibit entry by any person under twenty-one years of age; and
(b) Shall display signage in at least one conspicuous place and at least four inches by six inches in size stating either:
- (I) Smoking allowed. Persons under twenty-one years of age may not enter.; or
- (II) In the case of a retail tobacco business that desires to allow the use of ESDs but not other forms of smoking on the premises, Vaping allowed. Persons under twenty-one years of age may not enter.
Source: L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 56, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1)(u) amended, p. 398, § 1, effective August 3. L. 2013: IP(1) amended, (SB 13-283), ch. 332, p. 1895, § 14, effective May 28. L. 2019: IP(1), (1)(k), (1)(u)(I), (1)(bb), and (1)(cc) amended, (1)(q) repealed, and (1)(dd), (1)(ee), and (1)(ff) added, (HB 19-1076), ch. 337, p. 3094, § 3, effective July 1; (2) amended and (3) added, (HB 19-1076), ch. 337, p. 3094, § 3, effective October 1. L. 2020: (2)(b) and (3) amended, (HB 20-1001), ch. 302, p. 1503, § 2, effective July 14.