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City of Trenton, NJ
Mercer County
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[Added 9-20-2018 by Ord. No. 18-44; amended 2-7-2019 by Ord. No. 19-5]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BAR
A business establishment, or any portion of a nonprofit entity, which is devoted to the selling and serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by the public, guests, patrons or members on the premises and in which the serving of food, if served at all, is only incidental to the sale or consumption of such beverages.
CIGAR BAR
Any bar, or area within a bar, designated specifically for the smoking of tobacco products, purchased on the premises or elsewhere; except that a cigar bar that is in an area within a bar shall be an area enclosed by solid walls or windows, a ceiling and a solid door and equipped with a ventilation system which is separately exhausted from the nonsmoking areas of the bar so that air from the smoking area is not recirculated to the nonsmoking areas and smoke is not backstreamed into the nonsmoking areas.
CIGAR LOUNGE
Any establishment, or area within an establishment, designated specifically for the smoking of tobacco products, purchased on the premises or elsewhere; except that a cigar lounge that is in an area within an establishment shall be an area enclosed by solid walls or windows, a ceiling and a solid door and equipped with a ventilation system which is separately exhausted from the nonsmoking areas of the establishment so that air from the smoking area is not recirculated to the nonsmoking areas and smoke is not backstreamed into the nonsmoking areas.
ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE
An electronic device that can be used to deliver nicotine or other substances to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, or pipe.
INDOOR PUBLIC PLACE
A structurally enclosed place of business, commerce or other service-related activity, whether publicly or privately owned or operated on a for-profit or nonprofit basis, which is generally accessible to the public, including, but not limited to: a commercial or other office building; office or building owned, leased or rented by the state or by a county or municipal government; public and nonpublic elementary or secondary school building; board of education building; theater or concert hall; public library; museum or art gallery; bar; restaurant or other establishment where the principal business is the sale of food for consumption on the premises, including the bar area of the establishment; garage or parking facility; any public conveyance operated on land or water, or in the air, and passenger waiting rooms and platform areas in any stations or terminals thereof; health care facility licensed pursuant to P.L. 1971, c. 136 (N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq.); patient waiting room of the office of a health care provider licensed pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes; child care center licensed pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 492 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.); race track facility; facility used for the holding of sporting events; ambulatory recreational facility; shopping mall or retail store; hotel, motel or other lodging establishment; apartment building lobby or other public area in an otherwise private building; or a passenger elevator in a building other than a single-family dwelling.
PERSON HAVING CONTROL OF AN INDOOR PUBLIC PLACE OR WORKPLACE
The owner or operator of a commercial or other office building or other indoor public place from whom a workplace or space within the building or indoor public place is leased.
SMOKING
The burning of, inhaling from, exhaling the smoke from, or the possession of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other matter or substance which contains tobacco or any other matter that can be smoked, or the inhaling or exhaling of smoke or vapor from an electronic smoking device, including but not limited to hookahs or e-cigarette.
TOBACCO RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT
An establishment in which at least 51% of retail business is the sale of tobacco products and accessories, and in which the sale of other products is merely incidental.
VAPING
The act of inhaling and exhaling the aerosol, often referred to as "vapor," which is produced by an e-cigarette, hookah, or similar device.
WORKPLACE
A structurally enclosed location or portion thereof at which a person performs any type of service or labor.
A. 
Smoking, vaping, the use of e-cigarettes and hookahs is prohibited by any person in any indoor public place or workplace, except as otherwise provided by law.
B. 
Smoking or vaping, the use of e-cigarettes and hookahs is prohibited in any area of any building of, or on the grounds of, any public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, regardless of whether the area is an indoor public place or is outdoors.
C. 
Smoking or vaping, the use of e-cigarettes and hookahs is prohibited in any establishment that holds and operates under a liquor license within the City of Trenton, except as otherwise provided by law.