§ 10-03 Smoking Tobacco, and Electronic Cigarette Use to Vape Nicotine, Not Regulated.
RCNY § 10-03
Smoking tobacco, and using electronic cigarettes to vape nicotine, are not regulated in: (a) Private residences, provided, however, that smoking tobacco, and using electronic cigarettes to vape nicotine, are prohibited in private residences housing child day care centers, as defined in § 17-502(d) of the Act, or health care facilities, in accordance with § 17-505 of the Act; (b) Hotel and motel guest rooms; (c) Private automobiles; (d) Registered retail tobacco stores, as defined in 24 RCNY § 10-01(z); and (e) Registered retail electronic cigarette stores, as defined in 24 RCNY § 10-01(z-1), provided however, that only the use of electronic cigarettes to vape nicotine is not regulated in such stores. (Amended City Record 7/7/2022, eff. 8/6/2022; amended City Record 4/12/2024, eff. 5/12/2024)













