North Dakota - Statewide Partial Smoking Ban

Statewide partial smoking ban: Effective August 1, 2005, smoking is banned statewide in all enclosed places of employment in North Dakota, exempting (1) bars, (2) private residences, except when operating as a childcare facility when children are present, (3) designated hotel/motel smoking rooms, (4) retail tobacco stores, (5) outdoor areas except sports arenas, (6) businesses not open to the public with no employees besides the owner, (7) any place generally open to the public but which is under control of a private party renting it and children are excluded from the function, (8) separately enclosed areas in truckstops which are accessible only to adults, and (9) Native American religious and cultural rituals.

The North Dakota Legislative Assembly rejected ending some of these exemptions (including the exemption for bars) in February 2007. Local governments may regulate smoking more stringently than the state. North Dakota State University, 2008, banned outdoors on campus within 50 feet of buildings. University Of North Dakota, Grand Forks, October 5, 2007, banned anywhere on campus grounds Localities in North Dakota with smoking bans that include all bars and restaurants (2 total): Fargo, June 2008, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants West Fargo, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants Localities in North Dakota with smoking bans that do not include all bars and restaurants (4 total): Bismarck, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including restaurants but exempting bars Grafton, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including restaurants but exempting bars Grand Forks, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including restaurants but exempting bars Minot, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including restaurants but exempting bars.