Summary
The Non-smokers' Health Regulations prohibit smoking in workplaces and public transportation (trains, ships, aircraft) except in narrowly defined designated areas. They impose obligations on employers to post signs, inform employees and public, provide ashtrays, and limit smoking areas by percentage and occupancy. Enforcement includes fines from $50 to $10,000 per violation, with prescribed legal forms for tickets and informations.
Reason
This regulation violates property rights by dictating how private property may be used, eliminates voluntary exchange between willing parties, and preempts market-based solutions that would achieve the same health protection through tort law, private certification, and consumer choice. The costs include compliance burdens, reduced consumer sovereignty, economic distortion, and the creation of black markets—all unnecessary when existing nuisance laws and civil liability already address actual harm from secondhand smoke.