Smoking Regulations, Tobacco Prevention Programs, Initiative 901

Contents

• Washington State Regulations
• Local Government Regulations
• Prevention Programs
• Smoking in Motor Vehicles When Children Present
• 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 Intiative 901, passed 12-05
• Mason County Tobacco-Free Policies News Release, 1-13-06
• Olympia Resolution No. 1508 ( 53 KB) - Posting Signs Banning Smoking from Children's Play Areas
• Seattle King County Public Health on Initiative 901
• Tacoma Pierce County Board of Health - Smoke Free Law
• Yakima Health District - Tobacco Cessation Initiative 901
• Whatcom County Department of Health - Smoke-Free Washington Law

Prevention Programs

• Tobacco Prevention and Control Program - Washington State Department of Health
• SeondHandSmoksYou.com - Washington State Department of Health
• Tobacco Free Spokane -  includes Spokane Pilot Tobacco Free Zone Project
• King County Tobacco Prevention Program
• Snohomish Tobacco Prevention Campaign
• Tacoma Resolution No. 35519 ( 60 KB) - Posting Signs in Parks to Refrain from Smoking

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.   

• 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
• Bangor, Maine Code of Ordinances Article IX, Section 291-70 - Smoking in Motor Vehicles ( 55 KB), January 8, 2007
• 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.
• 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
  
  

Additional Information Resources

• The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General, June 27, 2006
• Smoking and Tobacco Topics - U.S Department of Health and Human Services
• 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