Disclaimer - Smoke-free Jurisdiction Locator Tool

In July 2006, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced a new smoke-free meeting policy requiring that all meetings and conferences organized or primarily sponsored by NCI be held in a state, county, city, or town that has adopted a comprehensive smoke-free policy.

The Smoke-free Venue Locator Tool was developed by the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) to facilitate straightforward smoke-free meeting planning in accordance with the Policy.

For purposes of meeting planning, NCI considers a jurisdiction (state, city, town, or county) Smoke-free if it provides employees and the general public complete or near complete protection from secondhand smoke in enclosed workplaces, including restaurants.

For additional information on NCI’s Smoke-free Meetings Policy, please visit: http://smokefreemeetings.cancer.gov

To ensure that the Smoke-free Locator Tool uses the most current ordinance data, NCI has contracted with Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights (ANR) Foundation which has tracked, collected, and analyzed tobacco control ordinances, by-laws, and Board of Health regulations since the early 1980s. This information has formed the basis for the ANR Foundation’s Local Tobacco Control Ordinance Database: U.S., a national collection of local tobacco-related legislation.

Only ordinances reviewed and analyzed by ANR Foundation staff using standardized criteria provided by NCI are included in data outputs.  Omission of a particular ordinance may be the result of differences of opinion in interpretation, or because staff have not yet analyzed the ordinance.

Data used in this application was updated on:   9/1/2008