Virginia Department of Health v. Kepa, Inc.
Virginia Department of Health v. Kepa, 766 S.E.2d 884, Court of Appeals of Virginia (2015).
- United States
- Jan 8, 2015
- Court of Appeals of Virginia
Virginia Department of Health v. Kepa, 766 S.E.2d 884, Court of Appeals of Virginia (2015).
The Virginia Department of Health challenged an interpretation of the state’s clean indoor air law that exempted a café and hookah lounge from the law’s smoking restrictions. In the final decision of this long-running case, the state Supreme Court determined that the law applies to any restaurant even if the restaurant is combined with another business, such as a tobacco retailer. The court concluded that the smoking prohibitions in the state law apply to the hookah lounge.