By Mary Vorsino
Advertiser Staff Writer
It will get a lot harder to smoke in public when a statewide law that prohibits lighting up in bars and workplaces — even within 20 feet of doorways — takes effect Nov. 16.
The law, designed to protect more people from secondhand smoke, is one of the toughest in the nation and carries fines for business owners or individuals who violate the rules.
Some businesses gearing up for the changes are now instituting portions of the law to prepare employees and customers, who will no longer be able to smoke in semi-enclosed areas or at any venue where food or drinks are served.
But Mark Dawson, of human resources outsourcing agency Altres, said he worries there are still thousands of businesses that don’t know about the rules.
“The majority of businesses in the Honolulu area have no clue that the change is about to occur,” said Dawson, director of [...]
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