Where Nobody May Smoke
Fla. Stat. 386.204 — no smoking or vaping in an enclosed indoor workplace
The rule is one sentence. A person may not smoke or vape in an enclosed indoor workplace, except as the next section provides.
- A private residence, when it is not being used commercially for child care, adult care or health care.
- A retail tobacco shop or a retail vape shop.
- A designated guest room at a public lodging establishment.
- A stand-alone bar that complies with the Beverage Law and this part.
- A workplace where smoking or vaping is an integral part of an approved cessation program or medical or scientific research.
Those are the places where smoking or vaping may be authorized. Everywhere else that is an enclosed indoor workplace, the first sentence governs.
Cannabis smoking, local ordinances that go further, rules in rental leases, and how a complaint is made and enforced are outside this page. Whether a particular place falls inside an exception is a question for a licensed Florida attorney or the agency that enforces the law.
Sources for this section (2)
- Fla. Stat. 386.204 — Prohibition
- Fla. Stat. 386.2045 — Enclosed indoor workplaces; specific exceptions
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of September 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Florida attorney.