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Introduction to Public Places
The information provided here will guide you in your effort to eliminate
smoking in all enclosed public facilities, including but not limited to
- Aquariums
- Child care and adult day care facilities
- Clinics
- Convention facilities
- Community centers
- Dining areas
- Elevators
- Galleries
- Hospitals
- Lecture halls
- Libraries
- Movie theaters
- Museums
- Nursing homes
- Performance halls
- Polling places
- Public transportation facilities (including buses and taxicabs) under the
authority of your city government, such as ticket, boarding, and waiting areas
of public transit depots
- Restrooms, lobbies, reception areas, hallways, and other common-use areas
- Rooms, chambers, and places of meeting or public assembly (including school
buildings) that are under the control of an agency, board, commission,
committee, or city or county council; or, if these places are under the
control of a political subdivision of the State when a public meeting is in
progress, to the extent the place is subject to the jurisdiction of your city
or county
- Service lines (i.e., waiting in a line, indoors, to receive a service)
- Sports arenas, including enclosed places in outdoor arenas
- Theaters
Click on the Action Steps button in the upper left part of this page to get started on
establishing a clean air policy like this for public places in your community.
You also have Tools, Best Practices, and a long list of additional Resources to
help you rid your community’s public places of secondhand smoke.
Check with your state health department to find out about current local
tobacco control activities and information specific to your area www.astho.org/state.html*.
* Links to non-Federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at this link.
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