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Salt
Lake
Organizing
Committee
(SLOC)
Tobacco-Free
Policy
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The
XIX
Olympic
Winter
Games
of
2002
(the
"Games")
and
the
VIII
Paralympic
Winter
Games
of
2002
(the
"Paralympics")
in
Salt
Lake
City
are
"tobacco-free,"
with
smoking
permitted
only
in
designated
areas.
Smoking
and
use
of
other
tobacco
products
will
not
be
permitted
at
any
venue
under
the
control
of
the
Salt
Lake
Organizing
Committee
(SLOC)
during
the
Games
or
the
Paralympics,
except
in
specific
designated
outdoor
areas.
SLOC
may
designate
specific
outdoor
smoking
areas
that
are
located
beyond
the
building
lines
but
within
accreditation
zones,
and
that
comply
with
applicable
fire
restrictions
and
requirements
of
Utahs
Indoor
Clean
Air
Act
(which
specifies
that
such
areas
be
located
at
least
25
feet
away
from
any
entrance-way,
exit,
open
window
or
air
intake
of
a
building).
Nonsmoking
and
tobacco
free
areas
expressly
include
the
following:
- Any
enclosed
place
of
public
access
- any
indoor
venue
(competition
and
noncompetition)
- the
field
of
play
at
any
venue
- the
seating
bowls
at
any
outdoor
venue
(inclusive
of
training
venues)
- any
enclosed
bars
or
restaurants
at
any
venue
or
in
the
catering
areas
of
any
of
the
Olympic
and
Paralympic
Villages
- any
bedroom,
living
quarters,
or
other
enclosed
place
in
the
Olympic
and
Paralympic
Villages
- any
enclosed
staff
break
areas
- in
any
Games
and
Paralympic
transport
vehicles
No
tobacco
products
will
be
sold
at
any
Games
or
Paralympics
designated
site.
Exceptions
may
be
made
at
areas
other
than
those
listed
above
at
the
discretion
of
the
SLOC's
President.
Background
This
policy
has
been
adopted
by
SLOCs
Management
Committee
in
an
effort
to
protect
the
athletes,
SLOC
staff,
spectators,
journalists,
and
other
visitors
from
the
harmful
effects
of
tobacco
during
the
2002
Games.
This
policy
reflects
Olympic
tradition,
as
well
as
community
and
sports
expectations
regarding
the
hosting
of
healthy
sporting
events.
This
policy
is
supported
by
the
International
Olympic
Committee
(IOC),
the
World
Health
Organization
(WHO),
the
U.S.
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
and
the
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention
(CDC).
Salt
Lake
Organizing
Committee
for
the
Olympic
Winter
Games
of
2002
299
South
Main
Street,
Suite
1300
P.O.
Box
45002
Salt
Lake
City,
Utah
84145-0002
USA
Telephone:
801-212-2002
Fax: 801 364 7644
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