Smoke Free Illinois Act - Exemptions

Exemptions

• A private residence, as long as it is not used as a home-based business, open to the public: child care, healthcare facility, adult daycare
• Retail tobacco stores whose sales from tobacco are greater than 80 percent of total revenue and do not have a liquor, restaurant, or food license
• Nursing homes or long-term care facilities both private, and semi-private, where all of the occupant(s) smoke, and have requested to be in a smoking room
• Hotel or motel rooms, up to 25 percent of capacity, as long as the rooms are on the same floor, and the smoke does not get into the non-smoking rooms.