Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed a new law that will ban smoking in the state in most public places.

The only places smokers will now be permitted to light up in public will be bars and restaurants that do not admit minors, workplace smoking areas with a separate air handling system and hotel and motel rooms set aside for smokers. Those violating the new law face fines of between $100 and $500.

Georgia becomes the second tobacco growing state to sign a strict law limiting the use of tobacco in public places after Florida.

Perdue had expressed reservations about the bill but ended up signing it just one day before the deadline for him to make a decision.

Smokers in Georgia now have one more reason to quit their habit. They may have trouble finding a legal place to light up.