<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 32-34. - Exceptions: Where smoking and e-cigarette use is not regulated by this article.</div>
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               (a)
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               In accordance with G.S. 130A-498(bl) and hereinunder, smoking or e-cigarette use is
               not prohibited by this article in the following places:
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               (1)
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               A private residence.
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               (2)
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               A private vehicle.
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               (3)
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               A smoking and e-cigarette shop if smoke or vapor from the business does not migrate
               into an enclosed area where smoking or e-cigarette use is prohibited pursuant Article
               23 of the North Carolina General Statutes or hereinunder. A smoking and e-cigarette
               shop that begins operation after July 1, 2009, may only allow smoking if it is located
               in a freestanding structure occupied solely by the smoking and e-cigarette shop and
               smoke or vapor from the shop does not migrate into an enclosed area where smoking
               or e-cigarette use is prohibited pursuant to Article 23 of the North Carolina General
               Statutes or hereinunder.
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               (4)
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               All of the premises, facilities, and vehicles owned, operated, or leased by any smoking
               and e-cigarette products processor or manufacturer, or any smoking and e-cigarette
               leaf grower, processor, or dealer.
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               (5)
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               A designated smoking or e-cigarette guest room in a lodging establishment. No greater
               than 20 percent of a lodging establishment's guest rooms may be designated smoking
               or e-cigarette guest rooms.
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               (6)
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               A cigar bar if smoke or vapor from the cigar bar does not migrate into an enclosed
               public place where smoking or e-cigarette use is prohibited pursuant to Article 23
               of the North Carolina General Statutes or hereinunder. A cigar bar that begins operation
               after July 1, 2009, may only allow smoking or e-cigarette use if it is located in
               a freestanding structure occupied solely by the cigar bar and smoke or vapor from
               the cigar bar does not migrate into an enclosed area where smoking or e-cigarette
               use is prohibited pursuant to Article 23 of the North Carolina General Statutes or
               hereinunder.
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               (7)
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               A private club.
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               (8)
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               A motion picture, television, theater, or other live production set. This exemption
               applies only to the actor or performer portraying the use of smoking and e-cigarette
               products during the production.
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               (9)
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               A public area only at such time that group therapeutic rehabilitation is conducted
               pursuant to a program recognized and licensed by the State of North Carolina.
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               (b)
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               This article does not apply to any property owned, leased, or maintained by the State
               of North Carolina.
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               (Ord. of 11-16-2020, Â§ 4)
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