{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/15.2-2821.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/15.2-2821.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/15.2-2821.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/15.2-2821.html"}],"law_id":348138,"edition_id":2,"section_id":348138,"structure_id":49938,"section_number":"15.2-2821","catch_line":"Applicability","history":"2009, cc. 153, 154.","full_text":"Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to:\n\n1\n\nPermit smoking where it is otherwise prohibited or restricted by other applicable provisions of law; or\n\n2\n\nRegulate smoking in retail tobacco stores, tobacco warehouses, or tobacco manufacturing facilities.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1298420,"text":"Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":1298421,"text":"Permit smoking where it is otherwise prohibited or restricted by other applicable provisions of law; or","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":1298422,"text":"Regulate smoking in retail tobacco stores, tobacco warehouses, or tobacco manufacturing facilities.","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1"}},"ancestry":[{"id":49938,"edition_id":2,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":49937,"metadata":{"child_laws":4,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:18:35","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:42","permalink":{"id":1383297,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49938,"identifier":"1","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/1","url":"\/15.2\/II\/28.2\/1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":49937,"edition_id":2,"name":"Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act","identifier":"28.2","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":25,"parent_id":49834,"metadata":{"child_laws":14,"child_structures":3},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:18:35","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:42","permalink":{"id":1383295,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49937,"identifier":"28.2","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2","url":"\/15.2\/II\/28.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":49834,"edition_id":2,"name":"Powers of Local Government","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":2,"parent_id":49831,"metadata":{"child_laws":1081,"child_structures":112},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:16:24","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:25","permalink":{"id":1379371,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49834,"identifier":"II","token":"15.2\/II","url":"\/15.2\/II\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":49831,"edition_id":2,"name":"Counties, Cities and Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":46,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":2297,"child_structures":225},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:16:22","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:22","permalink":{"id":1378281,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49831,"identifier":"15.2","token":"15.2","url":"\/15.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":348137,"structure_id":49938,"section_number":"15.2-2820","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/15.2-2820\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/1\/15.2-2820","metadata":false},{"id":348138,"structure_id":49938,"section_number":"15.2-2821","catch_line":"Applicability","url":"\/15.2-2821\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/1\/15.2-2821","metadata":false},{"id":348139,"structure_id":49938,"section_number":"15.2-2822","catch_line":"Authority of law-enforcement officials","url":"\/15.2-2822\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/1\/15.2-2822","metadata":false},{"id":348140,"structure_id":49938,"section_number":"15.2-2823","catch_line":"Smoking in public buildings or facilities; exception","url":"\/15.2-2823\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/1\/15.2-2823","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":348137,"structure_id":49938,"section_number":"15.2-2820","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/15.2-2820\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/1\/15.2-2820","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":348139,"structure_id":49938,"section_number":"15.2-2822","catch_line":"Authority of law-enforcement officials","url":"\/15.2-2822\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/1\/15.2-2822","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/15.2-2821\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0153\">153<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0154\">154<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1383303,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348138,"identifier":"15.2-2821","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/1\/15.2-2821","url":"\/15.2-2821\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2821\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/1\/15.2-2821","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2821","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Permit <span class=\"dictionary\">smoking<\/span> where it is otherwise prohibited or restricted by other applicable provisions of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>; or <a id=\"paragraph-1298421\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2821\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Regulate <span class=\"dictionary\">smoking<\/span> in retail tobacco stores, tobacco warehouses, or tobacco manufacturing facilities. <a id=\"paragraph-1298422\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2821\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY (\u00a7 15.2-2821)\n\nNothing in this chapter shall be construed to:\n\n1. Permit smoking where it is otherwise prohibited or restricted by other\napplicable provisions of law; or\n\n2. Regulate smoking in retail tobacco stores, tobacco warehouses, or tobacco\nmanufacturing facilities.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, cc. 153, 154.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}