State Status

No Preemption

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"Because regulations in general may be more effective if generated and enforced at the local level, considerable energy is devoted to the issue of opposing or repealing preemption of local authority by states. Public health analyses have resulted in strong recommendations that state laws not preempt local action..."

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Reducing Tobacco Use: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2000

Indiana

On July 1, 2012, Indiana's non-hospitality workplaces and restaurants became 100% smokefree! This law is a step forward to protect the health of workers around Indiana, but unfortunately the workers who are most exposed to secondhand smoke on the job are still at risk because the law permits smoking in bars, casinos, cigar and hookah bars, and membership clubs. Read Indiana's smokefree law.

To learn more, visit the Indiana Department of Health or Breathe Indiana.
To report a violation, fill out this online form.

Indiana's statewide law follows the enactment of strong smokefree laws by numerous communities around Indiana, including many that also include 100% smokefree bars. More communities continue to work on smokefree campaigns and strengthen laws to include all workplaces and public places. To find out how to get involved in smokefree efforts in your area , visit Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation.

Indiana law does not preempt the passage of local smokefree laws. Read more about current tobacco-related legislation in Indiana.

Current tobacco-related statistics are available from the Centers for Disease Control's Tobacco Control State Highlights, 2010.

Indiana's 2018 Legislative Session: January 3 - March 14

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7/31/2019States Are Thwarting Cities' Attempts to Govern Themselves
4/29/2019In Washington, Juul Vows to Curb Youth Vaping. Its Lobbying in States Runs Counter to That Pledge.
10/13/2017State lawmakers choose winners and losers through preemption
7/6/2017Blue Cities Want to Make Their Own Rules. Red States Won't Let Them.
5/10/2017The Threat of Super-Preemption
3/6/2017Preemption Prevents Innovation
2/21/2017City Rights in an Era of Preemption: A State-by-State Analysis
2/2/2017Red State, Blue City
1/5/2017GOP aims to rein in liberal cities
9/9/2016How ALEC, ACCE, and Preemption Laws are Gutting the Powers of American Cities
8/22/2016Blue Cities, Red States
6/28/2016Colorado Preemptions of Local Government: The Need for the Colorado Community Rights Amendment
6/23/2016State and Local Comprehensive Smoke-Free Laws for Worksites, Restaurants, and Bars--United States, 2015
5/8/2016Indianapolis should toughen its smoking regulations
4/6/2016From Fracking Bans To Paid Sick Leave: How States Are Overruling Local Laws
4/1/2016Growing Southern cities are increasingly targets of state pre-emption
3/25/2016Beyond North Carolina's LGBT Battle: States' War on Cities
3/6/2016State to locals: You can't do that. Or that.
2/4/2016Corporate Interests Take Aim at Local Democracy
10/7/2015Debate over e-cigarettes dominates Indiana legislative hearing
8/6/2015Blowing the Whistle on ALEC's Little Brother ACCE
7/7/2015Four Ways ALEC Tried to Ruin Your State this Year
7/6/2015Indiana legislative committee looks to expand statewide smoking ban
6/10/2015Legislators To Debate Over State's Smoking Ban
5/17/2015Say no: States increasingly blocking cities and counties from imposing mandates on businesses
5/8/2015State lawmakers hate federal meddling even as they preempt local government
4/30/2015Bill adds smoke to high-end cigar bars in Indiana
3/30/2015The ALEC-Backed War on Local Democracy
2/23/2015Govern Yourselves, State Lawmakers Tell Cities, but Not Too Much
2/13/2015Legislation Could Remove Casinos' Exemption From Smoking Ban
1/6/2015Lawmaker Seeks To Expand Statewide Smoking Ban To Casinos
1/19/2013Legislature unlikely to toughen Ind. smoking ban
9/11/2012Legion seeks injunction in smoking-ban dispute
8/27/2012Statehouse Smoking Debate May Not Be Over
7/20/2012Locals report little impact from smoking ban
7/1/2012New smoking ban takes effect in Indiana
6/21/2012Indiana smoking ban set to go into effect July 1
4/8/2012Indiana to enforce statewide smoke-free law in July
3/19/2012Gov. Daniels signs bill to ban smoking in most public places
3/9/2012Indiana smoking ban passes General Assembly
3/5/2012Talks start on Indiana smoking ban compromise
2/29/2012Indiana Senate approves diluted state smoking ban
2/23/2012Smoking Ban Passes Senate Panel
2/22/2012Senate panel weighs carve-outs in statewide smoking ban
2/19/2012Senate panel expected to approve smoking ban Wednesday
2/16/2012Daniels wants few exemptions to Indiana smoking ban
2/8/2012Indiana Senate Considers Statewide Smoking Ban
2/2/2012State smoking ban draws controversy
1/30/2012Smoking ban close
1/28/2012Bars get temporary break from smoking ban under House amendment
1/26/2012Bar exemption sought on Indiana smoking-ban bill
1/25/2012Poll: 70 percent of Indiana voters support smoking ban
1/12/2012Indiana House panel backs smoking ban bill
1/5/2012Statewide smoking ban bill to be heard Monday
12/31/2011Lawmakers may clear the air with smoking ban
12/15/2011Bosma offers Indiana smoking ban in time for Super Bowl
12/7/2011Daniels would sign smoking ban
10/30/2011Statewide smoking ban could boost tourism
8/15/2011Gov. Daniels: Smoking ban has chance to pass next year
4/5/2011Indiana Senate panel sets vote on smoking ban
3/23/2011Proposed statewide smoking ban in peril
2/1/2011Smoking ban clears Indiana House
1/25/2011Brown: Smoking ban changes 'unacceptable'
1/13/2011Casinos, bars seek smoking ban exemption
1/11/2011Hearing set on smoke-free Indiana bill
1/7/2011Hearing on Indiana smoking ban scheduled for Wednesday
12/17/2010Daniels In Favor Of Indoor Smoking Ban
12/12/2010Make smoke-free laws a priority in 2011
11/27/2010EDITORIAL: Statewide smoking ban is overdue
11/23/2010Smoking ban should remain for all casinos
11/2/2010Lack of smoking ban killing Hoosiers
9/9/2010Everyone else is doing it; why not Indiana
3/15/2010Ind. smoking ban bill dies
3/3/2010Statewide smoking ban snuffed out once again
2/25/2010Statewide smoking ban wins passage in House
2/11/2010Brown turns up heat on bill to ban smoking
2/5/2010State Preemption of Local Smoke-Free Laws in Government Work Sites, Private Work Sites, and Restaurants United States, 2005-2009
2/3/2010Statewide smoking ban to die in the Senate
2/2/2010Smoking ban rides wave of midseason deadline
1/21/2010Smoking ban proposal heads toward House
1/19/2010Statewide smoking ban discussed
1/5/2010General Assembly Convenes Today
8/26/2009Anti-smoking groups try again
4/30/2009Indiana Legislature: What passed and failed
4/23/2009Statewide smoking ban now appears dead
4/13/2009NWI legislators hope to revive stalled ideas
4/6/2009Ban of public smoking
3/25/2009Proposed smoking ban controversial
3/3/2009Smoking Ban Supporters Question Exemptions in Bill
3/2/2009State lawmakers consider smoking ban
2/16/2009Smoking ban amended to allow tougher stand
2/11/2009Exemptions added to smoke ban
2/4/2009Statewide smoking banâ€™s time has come
1/6/2009Indiana smoking ban: Bid to clear air gets a new push
12/18/2008Bid to ban smoking ignited
11/14/2008Lawmaker to pursue statewide smoking restrictions
10/16/2008Group seeks statewide curb on workplace smoking
1/23/2008Bill on statewide smoking ban dies

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