The private clubs and churches really bother me too.
Don't get me started on the Churches...........talk about seperation of church and state stuff........
In Delaware the Volunteer Fire Companies are exempt, just like the fraternal and veterans' organizations but the Churches are not. There is a provision for applying for an exemption, and one local Catholic Church applied for an exemption for it's Bingo.....it was denied.
4. a. Smoking is prohibited in an indoor public place or workplace, except as otherwise provided in this act.
b. Smoking is prohibited in any area of any building of, or on the grounds of, any public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, regardless of whether the area is an indoor public place or is outdoors.
Given 4.b it would appear that if a bingo hall is within a catholic school auditorium, then patrons are not permitted to smoke outside.