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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 191; in 1966, chapter 594; in 1978, chapter 729; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":223673,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83591,"identifier":"45.2-859","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/5\/45.2-859","url":"\/45.2-859\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-859\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/5\/45.2-859","dublin_core":{"Title":" Smoking in surface and other areas","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-859","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No miner or other person shall smoke, carry, or possess any smoker’s articles, or carry an open flame, in or near any magazine for the storage of explosive materials<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No miner or other person shall smoke in or around any oil house, tipple, or other surface area where such practice may cause a fire or explosion. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n SMOKING IN SURFACE AND OTHER AREAS (\u00a7 45.2-859)\n\nA. No miner or other person shall smoke, carry, or possess any smoker’s\narticles, or carry an open flame, in or near any magazine for the storage of\nexplosive materials.\n\nB. No miner or other person shall smoke in or around any oil house, tipple, or\nother surface area where such practice may cause a fire or explosion.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 45-53.2, 45-85.9; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7\u00a7\n45.1-39, 45.1-44; 1978, c. 729; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.180; 2021, Sp. Sess. I,\nc. 387.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}