ANRF Smokefree Lists and Maps Update
The ANR Foundation is pleased to announce our most recent update to the lists and maps of U.S. municipalities and states with smokefree laws now in effect. Congratulations to Wooster, AR and Henderson, TX for having enacted strong smokefree laws 10 years ago, to Morrow, GA and West Lafayette, IN for enacting theirs 20 years ago, and to Gibsland, LA, our newest strong smokefree law! See all of our updated lists on no-smoke.org.
Due to the loss of several federal funding streams, we have had to streamline some of our services. We are now providing a reduced number of lists and maps that are updated and distributed at no cost.
ANR’s founders, supporters, donors, and people like you have always been instrumental in helping us secure seemingly unachievable goals, like eliminating smoking from airplanes. In fact, February 25 marks the 36th anniversary of smokefree skies in the U.S. Much like flight attendants before them, musicians and casino workers are organizing and speaking up for smokefree protections in their workplaces. Our work is never done. We continue to fight for protections alongside casino workers and defend against rollbacks to popular, longstanding smokefree laws that threaten to renormalize indoor smoking.
The tobacco industry and its allies continue to threaten progress made by attempting to weaken smokefree laws to include exemptions for cigar bars, and 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.
Congrats to Ferris State University, the newest addition to our Smokefree Colleges and Universities List! Institutions that have already made it onto our List also often continue to strengthen their older campus tobacco policies to keep up with trends in tobacco control; we want to recognize Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, for doing just that. Talladega’s latest policy iteration reflects coverage of all tobacco products, including non-combustibles, as well as ESDs.
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 726 studies, reports, and articles that utilize data from the U.S. Tobacco Control Laws Database?, whichyou 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. See our Laws Data page for more details.
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 April 2026. 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 or want an easy way to train new staff? 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 also have free resources at no-smoke.org, and nonsmokersrights.org. See our latest infographic explaining PM 2.5 and dangers of secondhand smoke of any kind here.
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. We would be grateful for your support.
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Contact Maggie Hopkins, Director of Data Management and Analysis, if you have questions about our lists and maps.
