Smoking policies in state or local government office buildings may be adopted. If such a policy is adopted, it must be by executive order of the Governor, Act of the General Assembly or the local governing authority. It must require accessible indoor smoking areas in any buildings where smoking is otherwise restricted and favor allowing smoking in open public areas where ventilation and air exchange are adequate and there are no restrictions otherwise placed on the area by the state fire marshal or other similar authority. An administrative regulation restricts smoking to designated areas in state owned or leased buildings occupied by the executive branch agencies. Designated areas cannot be places used by all employees or visitors, such as hallways, elevators, restrooms, conference rooms and libraries.
Smoking is restricted to designated smoking areas in school buildings or on school grounds.
Every secondary school may have a designated area for adults and students while other school designated areas must be for adults only. The superintendent or principal may designate these smoking areas. Violation is punishable by a fine of 1 to 5 dollars. Appropriations for the Fund go to the University of Kentucky Tobacco and Health Research Institute and are applied exclusively to projects and programs directed toward improvements in the tobacco industry, proving or disapproving questions of health hazards to tobacco users and toward preserving and strengthening the tobacco industry in Kentucky. A 14-member Tobacco Research Board, including a president or member of the board of directors of a tobacco company located in the state, authorizes and reviews the research projects and makes yearly reports.