March 28, 2012

Smoke-Free Arizona Newsletter

Vol. 3 Issue 1

New App:
mysmokefreeaz

The Smoke-Free Arizona Act
The Smoke-Free Arizona Act, A.R.S. § 36-601.01 (“the Act”), prohibits smoking
inside and within 20 feet of entrances, open windows, and ventilation systems
of most enclosed public places and places of employment. The main purpose
of the Smoke-Free Arizona Act is to protect workers, customers, and the
general public from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke in most enclosed
public places and places of employment.
The Smoke-Free Act vs. Local Ordinances
The Smoke-Free Arizona Act does not prevent a political subdivision of the
State, such as counties or cities, from adopting ordinances or regulations that
are more restrictive than the Act, nor does the Act repeal any existing
ordinance or regulation that is more restrictive than the Act. The Smoke-Free
Arizona Act supersedes local ordinances that are less stringent.
The Smoke-Free Act vs. In-House Smoking Policies
The Smoke-Free Arizona Act allows proprietors to implement in-house smoking
policies that are more restrictive than the Act in any areas under their control.
For example, some proprietors of public places and places of employment in
Arizona are choosing to provide smoke-free campuses for their visitors,
employees, and other patrons. Many proprietors are also creating designated
smoking areas and allowing smoking only in those areas. Please keep in mind
that Smoke-Free Arizona Program officials can only enforce the provisions
defined in the Act. This means that Smoke-Free Arizona Program officials do
not enforce local ordinances or in-house smoking policies.

For More Information: 1-877-297-8677
To Report a Violation: 1-877-429-6676
Email us at: smokefreearizona@azdhs.gov
www.smokefreearizona.org

The Smoke-Free
Arizona Program
now has a free
phone application
available for
Android and iPhone
users. The phone
application will
allow citizens to
quickly and easily
submit complaints
by taking a picture
of the violation and
sending it, along
with GPS
coordinates and
other descriptive
information about
the business in
violation, to the
Smoke-Free
Arizona Program
who will file the
complaint. The
mySmokeFreeAZ
app can be
downloaded for
iPhone and
Android.