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