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f. Person-in-charge — refers to: the president/manager in case of a company, corporation or association; the owner/proprietor/operator in case of a single proprietorship; or the administrator in case of government property, office or building; in case of public conveyances, the owner, driver, operator, conductor, or the captain of the public conveyance.
g. Point-of-sale — refers to any location at which an individual can purchase or otherwise obtain tobacco products.
h. Public conveyances — refers to modes of transportation servicing the general population, such as, but not limited to, elevators, jeepneys, buses, taxicabs, trains, light rail transits, tricycles and other similar vehicles.
i. Public places — means all places, fixed or mobile, that are accessible or open to the public or places for collective use, regardless of ownership or right to access, including, but not limited to, establishments that provide food and drinks, accommodation, merchandise, professional services, entertainment or other services. It also includes outdoor spaces where facilities are available for the public or where a crowd of people would gather, such as, but not limited to, playgrounds, sports grounds or centers, church grounds, health/hospital compounds, transportation terminals, markets, parks, resorts, walkways, entrance ways, waiting areas, and the like.
j. Second-hand smoke — means the smoke emitted from the burning end of a cigarette or from other tobacco products usually in combination with the smoke exhaled by the smoker.
k. Smoke free — refers to prohibition or ban on smoking which provides effective protection from environmental tobacco smoke or second-hand smoke.
l. Smoking — means being in possession or control of a lighted cigarette, cigar, tobacco products of any kind, form or type regardless of whether the smoke is being actively inhaled or exhaled.
m. Tobacco Products — means products entirely or partly made of the leaf tobacco as raw material which are manufactured to be used for smoking, sucking, chewing or snuffing, such as cigarettes and cigars.
n. Vaping – the act of inhaling the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device.
o. Workplace — means any place used by people during their employment or work, whether done for compensation or voluntarily, including all attached or associated places commonly used by the workers in the course of their work (for example, corridors, elevators, stairwells, toilets, lobbies, lounges). Vehicles used in the course of work are considered workplaces.

SECTION 6. PROHIBITED ACTS. The following acts are declared unlawful and prohibited by this Ordinance:

a. Smoking and vaping in enclosed or partially enclosed public places, workplaces, public conveyances, or other public places, as defined in Section 5.
b. Selling or distributing tobacco products in a school, public playground or other facility frequented by minors, or within 100 away from the perimeter of these places.
c. Selling or distributing tobacco products to minors.
d. Selling or giving tobacco products or E-cigarettes to minors, regardless of who will use or consume the same.
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