NEWSLETTER

ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 5 | MARCH 2014

The Smoke-Free Arizona Act

(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.

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to report businesses that are not in
compliance with the Smoke-Free
Arizona Act.

investigated by County health
departments within
days after
receipt of the complaint.

defined in the Act. Smoke-Free
Arizona Program officials do not
enforce local ordinances or in-house
smoking policies that are stricter
than the Smoke-Free Arizona Act.

he public is encouraged to call
the Arizona Department of Health
Services for more information or

omplaints regarding violations
of the Smoke-Free Arizona Act
may be filed anonymously and are

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lease keep in mind that SmokeFree Arizona Program officials
can only enforce the provisions

A total of 1,681 complaints alleging violations of the Smoke-Free Arizona Act
were filed statewide between May 1, 2012 and April 30, 2013.

The public may also place a complaint by using the mysmokefreeAZ

App. Our app can be downloaded for iPhone and Android. When placing a com-

plaint, please provide as much information as possible. If you are not sure whether
the issue you want to report is a violation of the Act, please feel free to call us at
1-877-429-6676. When complaints are filed with allegations that are not violations
of the Act, those complaints are not investigated and are closed out.