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. Congratulations to Dodson, LA, for its new strong smokefree law!
See all of our updated lists on no-smoke.org.
We are disappointed to report that a new California law weakens smokefree protections in hospitality venues. This means that effective January 2025, California restaurants may expose patrons to secondhand smoke. ANRF has updated several of our maps, including U.S. 100% Smokefree Laws in Non-Hospitality Workplaces AND Restaurants AND Bars, to reflect this. California now appears in the same shade of yellow as Colorado and Nevada, to indicate that laws in these states contain exemptions to allow the smoking of marijuana/cannabis in restaurants that are otherwise required to be smokefree. Learn more by visiting ANRF’s new resource: Frequently Asked Questions about California’s New Cannabis Law.
The change in California’s smokefree status is a reminder that the tobacco, marijuana/cannabis, and casino industries continue to oppose our work. The tobacco industry continues to threaten progress made by attempting to weaken smokefree laws with 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, land on our lists.
Good news for our Smokefree Colleges and Universities list! We have a brand new Colleges List addition, with SUNY Geneseo in Geneseo, NY! Their comprehensive smokefree and tobacco-free policy also fully covers electronic smoking devices, hookah, and smoking/vaping cannabis/marijuana. Congrats, SUNY Geneseo!
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.
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The ANR Foundation has a bibliography of 697 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 about any law you think we may be missing. Still have questions? Please contact Laura Walpert.
The lists are updated on a quarterly basis. The next quarterly update will be in April 2025.
We have resources! Check out no-smoke.org, the ANR Foundation website for smokefree materials, or visit nonsmokersrights.org, the ANR website for updated smokefree laws and campaign information.
Contact Maggie Hopkins, Director of Data Management and Analysis, if you have questions about our lists and maps.
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! Quick links to all things smokefree: @smokefree on Linktree. Connect with us on social media: IG, FB, X, and YouTube.
