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Smoking Regulations, Tobacco Prevention Programs, Initiative 901
Updated 01/07
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

