Arizona Becomes the Nation’s 14th Smoke-Free State

The Smoke-Free Arizona Act, the statwide smoke-free law, went into effect at midnight Monday, April 30, 2007. Arizona voters passed the law in November, 2006.

The Smoke-Free Arizona Act requires that all offices, healthcare facilities, retail stores, licensed childcare facilities, sports arenas, hotels and motels, restaurants, bars and bowling alleys are smoke-free. There are several common-sense exemptions including outdoor patios, cigar shops with a majority of revenue derived from tobacco sales and private veteran and fraternal clubs.

The Arizona Asthma Coalition, American Lung Association, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, volunteers and supporters statewide worked hard to educate the public about the state’s new smoke-free law.

For complete information about the law or to file a complaint, please go to www.smokefreearizona.org.