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Smoking Regulations, Tobacco Prevention Programs, Initiative 901
Updated 11/09
Smoking Regulations, Tobacco Prevention Programs, Initiative 901
Contents
- Washington State Regulations
- Local Government Regulations
- Smoke-Free Parks
- Smoking in Motor Vehicles When Children Present
- Prevention Programs
- Additional Information Resources
Washington State Regulations
- Washington Clean Indoor Air Act - Ch 70.160 RCW - Prohibits smoking in public places except in areas designated as smoking areas; amended by Initiative 901.
- Initiative 901 - Prohibited smoking in buildings and vehicles open to the public and places of employment, including areas within 25 feet of doorways and ventilation openings unless a lesser distance is approved; amends Ch. 70.160 RCW; effective December 8, 2005.
- RCW 26.28.080 - Prohibits selling or giving tobacco products to juveniles
- RCW 28A.210.310 - Prohibits use of tobacco products on school property
- Ch. 70.155 RCW - Regulates sale of tobacco products to minors and access of minors to those products
Local Government Regulations
- Battle Ground Ordinance No. 07-014 (
71 KB) - Smoking in Parks, passed 6-07
- Lacey Ordinance No. 1255 (
149 KB) - Adopts provisions of Initiative 901, passed 12-05
- Mason County Tobacco-Free Policies News Release, 1-13-06
- Seattle King County
- Frequently Asked Questions: Smoking in Public Places and Workplace Law
- New Law Snuffs Out Smoking at Metro Bus Shelters - News from King County Department of Transportation
Release date: February 27, 2006
- Tacoma Pierce County Board of Health - Clean Indoor Air - Includes variance and smoking shelter application
- Whatcom County Department of Health - Smoke-Free Washington Law
Smoke Free Parks
- Smoke-Free Parks - Washington State Department of Health, Smoke Free Washington
- Olympia Resolution No. 1508 (
53 KB) - Posting Signs Banning Smoking from Children's Play Areas
- Spokane Tobacco Free Zone in the Park - Washington State Department of Health
- Tacoma
- Tacoma Ordinance No. 24841 (
- Tacoma Resolution No. 35519 (
60 KB) - Posting Signs in Parks to Refrain from Smoking
677) - Amendment to the municipal park code by prohibiting smoking in all city parks, passed 10-20-09
- Tacoma Resolution No. 35519 (
- Vancouver
- Vancouver Resolution No.3510 (
52 KB) - Outdoors Facilities Voluntary Tobacco Free Policy, passed, 9-05 - Includes policy statement and procedures
- Vancouver Resolution No.3519 (
53 KB) - Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation's Community Center Campus Tobacco Free Policy, passed 11-05 - Includes policy statement and procedures
- Vancouver Resolution No.3510 (
Smoking in Motor Vehicles When Children Present
A number of states are considering or have passed legislation relating to smoking in vehicles when children are present. In Washington State it is doubtful that a local government could enact provisions restricting smoking in cars without legislative authority.
- Smoke-Free Cars - Washington State Department of Health, Smoke Free Washington
- Secondhand Smoke in Cars May Lead to Dangerous Levels of Contaminants For Children Harvard School of Public Health Press Release October 5, 2006
- Measuring Air Quality to Protect Children from Secondhand Smoke in Cars (
706 KB) Vaughan W. Rees, PhD, Gregory N. Connolly, DMD, MPH, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, November 2006
- Prohibiting Smoking in Motor Vehicles, by James J. Fazzalaro, Principal Analyst
Connecticut General Assembly, OLR Report 2006-R-0727, November 30, 2006 - Bans on Smoking in Vehicles Carrying Children, by Kevin McCarthy, Connecticut Office of Legislative Research (OLR) Report No. 2008-R-0133, February 15, 2008
- British Columbia, Canada, Legislative Library of British Columbia, Smoking in Cars with Children (
99 KB), prepared by Emily Yearwood-Lee Background Brief 2008: 01 / April 2008 - Summary of laws and proposals in U.S. and Canada
- Bangor, Maine Code of Ordinances Article IX, Section 291-70 - Smoking in Motor Vehicles (
55 KB), January 8, 2007
- A number of states and provinces have passed legation prohibiting smoking in vehicles with children including Arkansas, California, Louisiana, and Maine. A number of Canadian provinces have similar regulations including British Columbia Ontario and Nova Scotia.
- Arkansas Act 13, Laws of 2006 First Ex. Sess (HB 1046) (
40 KB) - An act to protect children restrained in child passenger safety seats in Arkansas from secondhand smoke; and for other purposes.
- Smoke Free Cars California Department of Public Health
- The Louisiana Act 838 Laws of 2006 (
11 KB) - Relative to operating motor vehicles; to prohibit the operator or a passenger in a motor vehicle from smoking when children of a certain age are present
- Ontario, Canada, Ministry of Health Promotion Smoke Free Ontario - A law prohibiting Ontarians from smoking in motor vehicles with passengers under 16 went into effect on January 21, 2009
- Arkansas Act 13, Laws of 2006 First Ex. Sess (HB 1046) (
Prevention Programs
- Tobacco Prevention and Control Program - Washington State Department of Health
- Smoke Free Washington- Washington State Department of Health
- King County Tobacco Prevention Program
- Snohomish Tobacco Prevention and Control - Snohomish Health District
- Spokane County Tobacco Program - Spokane Regional Health District
- Yakima Health District - Tobacco Control and Prevention
Additional Information Resources
- The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General, June 27, 2006
- Smoking and Tobacco Use - Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Tobacco Prevention and Control - National Association of County and City Health Officials, Programs & Activities / Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Organizations
- American Lung Association
- Americans for Non-Smoker's Rights
- Tobacco Prevention and Control Partners - National Association of County and City Health Officials

