The Michigan Compromise Coalition

Micompco (The Michigan Compromise Coalition) is an association of groups and small businesses working toward a common-sense compromise on Michigan’s smoking ban. We are not affiliated with big business or corporations in any way.

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Smoking Ban Reasonable Compromise (SBRC)

Because Michigan’s smoking ban has been so unpopular, and to lessen its damaging economic effects, we are proposing the following changes to the law.

Exemptions

1). Bars, cigar bars, tobacco retailers, and hookah lounges.

2). Veteran halls, private clubs and charities, membership clubs, and banquet halls.

3). Open air patios, including patios where food and drinks are served.

4). Smoking rooms inside restaurants and other privately-owned establishments open to the public. The smoking rooms must be separated by complete floor-to-ceiling enclosures.

If an establishment or area of an establishment falls within the exemptions listed above and allows smoking within an exempted indoor area on the premises:

• A). Clear and conspicuous signage must be posted void of images or graphics at all exterior entrances stating no more and no less than the following: “This establishment permits indoor smoking in ALL areas which comply with EPA standards for good to moderate air quality.” OR “This establishment permits smoking ONLY in contained indoor area(s) which comply with EPA standards for good to moderate air quality.”

• B. It must have ventilation equipment installed capable of removing smoke particles as small as 0.01 microns and maintaining a particulate matter PM 2.5 level equal to or less than 35.4 micrograms per cubic meter, which matches the EPA standard for good to moderate air quality.

• C). It is required to have a PM 2.5 meter on the premises accessible to employees.

• D). It is subject to random PM 2.5 on-site measurement inspections conducted by state officials, which will be conducted no more often than once per month. Any smoking establishment not meeting the 35.4 micrograms per cubic meter requirement during this inspection must increase its ventilation capacity to meet this requirement before its following inspection. Establishments failing two inspections in a row must:
  • D1). Not permit smoking within the establishment for no less than one year following the date of the second of its two consecutive violations.
  • D2). During the one year probationary period, the establishment in violation will be subject to any number of random state inspections to visually verify there is no smoking currently taking place inside the building. For each violation during this probationary period, the establishment shall be required to pay a fine of no more than $100. When one year has passed since the establishment’s initial second consecutive violation, it may again allow smoking within exempted areas and will be subject to the same ventilation requirement stipulated in this amendment.

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Members of Micompco