t’s been four years to the day since Hawaii enacted a law that banned smoking from almost all workplaces, and still the law remains largely unenforced today.

In the months leading up to Nov. 16, 2006, the day the law took effect, businesses statewide scrambled to put up signs and move benches and ash-tray covered trash bins 20 feet away from any entrance or window.

The penalty for not complying: Hundreds of dollars in fines for business and property owners and the threat of a $25 fine and arrest for smokers caught in the act in areas deemed “prohibited.”

Sources tell PBN that in the last four years only a handful of smokers have been cited for smoking where the law says they can’t.