{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-40-102","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-40-102","heading":"Intent -- purpose.","body":"The legislature finds and declares that the purposes of this part are as follows:\n(1) to protect the public health and welfare by prohibiting smoking in public places and places of employment;\n(2) to recognize the right of nonsmokers to breathe smoke-free air; and\n(3) to recognize that the need to breathe smoke-free air has priority over the desire to smoke.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 40. SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES","Part 1. Montana Clean Indoor Air Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0400/part_0010/section_0020/0500-0400-0010-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:27Z","sha256":"5aee16c16e22cc96350cc9e93c4a52e32bc27668f0483e7a5ffbc0bc49d51efb","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-40-101","next":"us-mt/50-40-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}