Workplace Smoking Rules in Texas

Employers covered. Employers with one or more employees.

Written policy requirements. Employer policy not specified.

Posting requirements. None specified.

No smoking areas. Smoking and possession of a burning tobacco product is prohibited in public schools, elevators, enclosed theaters and movie houses, libraries, museums, hospitals, transit system buses, intrastate buses, or public airplanes and trains. The facility or conveyance must clearly display a notice stating that smoking is prohibited by law and punishable by a fine of up to $500. Smoking areas may be designated in the above facilities and conveyances. Smoking by students at any school-related or sanctioned activity, on or off school property, is prohibited.

Designated smoking areas. In areas where smoking is prohibited by law--public schools, elevators, enclosed theaters and movie houses, libraries, museums, hospitals, transit system buses, intrastate buses, or public airplanes and trains--smoking areas may be designated.