ANRF Smokefree Lists and Maps Quarterly Update
The ANR Foundation is pleased to announce our most recent quarterly update to the lists and maps of U.S. municipalities and states with smokefree laws now in effect. See all of our updated lists on no-smoke.org.
With the elimination of the CDC Office on Smoking and Health, decades of scientific experience and institutional knowledge and access to timely commercial tobacco policy surveillance data are being lost, making the fight against Big Tobacco that much harder. Read our commentary and statement.
In January, ANRF updated several of our maps, including U.S. 100% Smokefree Laws in Non-Hospitality Workplaces AND Restaurants AND Bars, to reflect the change in California’s smokefree status. Learn more by visiting ANRF’s Frequently Asked Questions about California’s New Cannabis Law. California’s new law is a stark reminder that the tobacco, marijuana/cannabis, and casino industries continue to vigorously oppose our work. The tobacco industry continues to threaten progress made by attempting to weaken smokefree laws to include exemptions for cigar bars and preventing local communities from taking further action. In addition, on-site adult marijuana/cannabis use threatens the integrity of smokefree laws. Utilizing the ANR model ordinance ensures your policy will provide maximum protections and, of course, be included on our lists.
As a reminder, ANR Foundation’s Smokefree Casino and Gaming Property Directory replaced our previously published List of Smokefree Gambling Facilities. The interactive directory can be sorted by state, Tribe, and company and includes a map for each state. We continue to be impressed with the leadership shown by Tribes and Tribal Casinos in requiring their facilities to be smokefree. You can find the directory by state here, with an overview map here.
The ANR Foundation has a bibliography of 702 studies, reports, and articles that utilize data from the U.S. Tobacco Control Laws Database©, which you can see here. Interested in a data run? Contact Maggie Hopkins to discuss the many options of standardized reports we have available, as well as the special multi-variate analyses that we can run based on your research and policy surveillance data needs. ANR Foundation policy surveillance data and resources were highlighted in the U.S. Surgeon General’s new report entitled “Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Addressing Disparities – A Report of the Surgeon General.” Pages 551-552 feature several of our maps, created to show the progression of laws over time. The report also highlights the progress of smokefree environments as a “bright spot” and a reason to be hopeful for the future of commercial tobacco control.
Did you expect your new law to be included but don’t see it on our lists? That is either because the law is not yet in effect or because the law didn’t meet the smokefree list criteria for enclosed non-hospitality workplaces, restaurants, bars, and/or gambling venues to be 100% smokefree without exemptions. Some laws have been enacted so recently that our Policy Surveillance Team has not yet had a chance to order, analyze, and enter them into our Tobacco Control Laws Database. Other laws, despite all our searching, fly under our radar. We very much want these laws, so please contact us to check on any law you think we may be missing. Still have questions? Please contact Laura Walpert.
The lists and maps are updated on a quarterly basis. The next quarterly update will be in July 2025. Contact Maggie Hopkins, Director of Data Management and Analysis, if you have questions about our lists and maps.
Do you work in commercial tobacco control? Need new training tools? Get Professional Access! This new service allows public health students, professionals, and community-based partners access to resources and new tools, including recorded 2021-2023 virtual Clearing the Air® webinars and other selected virtual scientific presentations. Purchase Professional Access here. We have also have free resources at no-smoke.org, and nonsmokersrights.org.
The fight for smokefree air continues, and we look forward to what we can accomplish together. People power is how we get this work done. Join us or Give a gift monthly to help us continue our work keeping track of tobacco laws and advocating for smokefree air. Your donations have never been more critical than at this time, whether through a one time or recurring gift. Please lend us your support.
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Contact Maggie Hopkins, Director of Data Management and Analysis, if you have questions about our lists and maps.
