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Countries, States, and Provinces That Have Banned Smoking in Indoor Workplaces and Other Indoor Public Places.

Legislation in some countries and regions (shown in green) allows for the possibility of a designated, enclosed, ventilated smoking room. Full bans are also in force in Rhode Island, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Washington, DC, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Bhutan, and the Australian Capital Territory; legislation allowing for designated smoking rooms is in force in Malta. Full bans will go into effect in Quebec in 2008 and in Montana, Utah, and Hong Kong in 2009; a law allowing for the possibility of designated smoking rooms will go into effect in Finland in 2009.