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Tuesday, 06/14/2011 11:27:17 AM

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:27:17 AM

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100% smokefree
State and Commonwealth Laws
• A total of 35 states, along with American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia, have laws in effect that require 100% smokefree nonhospitality
workplaces and/or restaurants and/or bars
:
American Samoa: Restaurants
Arizona: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
California: Restaurants and Bars
Colorado: Restaurants and Bars
Connecticut: Restaurants and Bars
Delaware: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
District of Columbia: Workplaces, Restaurants,
and Bars
Florida: Workplaces and Restaurants
Hawaii: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Idaho: Restaurants
Illinois: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Iowa: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Kansas: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Louisiana: Workplaces and Restaurants
Maine: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Maryland: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Massachusetts: Workplaces, Restaurants, and
Bars
Michigan: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Minnesota: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Montana: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Nebraska: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Nevada: Workplaces and Restaurants
New Hampshire: Restaurants and Bars
New Jersey: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
New Mexico: Restaurants and Bars
New York: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
North Carolina: Restaurants and Bars
North Dakota: Workplaces
Northern Mariana Islands: Workplaces
Ohio: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Oregon: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Pennsylvania: Workplaces
Puerto Rico: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Rhode Island: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
South Dakota: Workplaces, Restaurants, and
Bars
U.S. Virgin Islands: Workplaces, Restaurants,
and Bars
Utah: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Vermont: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Washington: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
Wisconsin: Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars
• A total of 23 states, along with Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington D.C, have a law in
effect that requires non-hospitality workplaces, restaurants, and bars to be 100% smokefree. These laws,
along with local laws in other states, protect 47.9% of the U.S. population.
• A total of 29 states, along with Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington D.C, have a law in
effect that requires restaurants and bars to be 100% smokefree. These laws, along with local laws in other
states, protect 63.7% of the U.S. population.
• A total of 17 states, along with Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, have enacted 100% smokefree laws
for all state regulated gaming.
*Includes both public and private non-hospitality workplaces, including, but not limited to, offices, factories,
and warehouses.
**Includes any attached bar in the restaurant.
May be reprinted with appropriate credit to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation.
http://www.no-smoke.org/pdf/mediaordlist.pdf