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"Target: "Eliminate laws that preempt stronger tobacco control laws...Retain year 2000 target" to "[r]educe to 0 the number of States that have clean indoor air laws preempting stronger clean indoor air laws on the local level."
U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesHealthy People 2010 Objectives, November 2000
Minnesota
All workplaces, restaurants and bars in Minnesota are 100% smokefree as of October 1, 2007. Minnesota's smokefree statewide victory built upon numerous local smokefree laws enacted around the state, including Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bloomington, Golden Valley and Mankato. Read Minnesota's 100% smokefree law.
For more information about the Freedom to Breathe Act, including how to report a violation, visit Fresh Air Minnesota or call 1-800-798-9050.
Minnesota law does not preempt the passage of local smokefree laws. Read more about current tobacco-related legislation in Minnesota.
Current tobacco-related statistics are available from the Centers for Disease Control's Tobacco Control State Highlights, 2007.
Minnesota's 2010 Legislative Session: January 4 - May 18, 2010 (est.)
Legislative SummariesArchives
- 3/13/2009HF1142—(psychiatric hospitals)—An Act relating to health—Session Adjourned
- 3/27/2009HF2046—(hookah exemption)—An Act permitting smoking of certain types of tobacco in limited places—Session Adjourned
- 1/26/2009HF257/SF270—(bar and bar area of restaurant exemption)—An Act permitting smoking in certain bars—Session Adjourned
- 1/30/2009HF379/SF359—(vehicles with minors)—An Act prohibiting smoking in vehicles with children—Session Adjourned
- 2/23/2009SF898—(smoking break rooms)—An Act relating to health—Session Adjourned
Action AlertsArchives
- 8/13/2010Preemption Watch Bill Tracking Summary
- 5/19/2010What's happening in the U.S. Territories and Commonwealths?
News SummariesArchives
- 7/28/2010After three years, smoking ban compliance better than expected
- 2/5/2010State Preemption of Local Smoke-Free Laws in Government Work Sites, Private Work Sites, and Restaurants United States, 2005-2009
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