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Vermont
Vermont strengthens its smokefree workplace law!
As of July 1, 2009, non-hospitality workplaces in Vermont are 100% smokefree, joining all enclosed public places, restaurants, bars, private clubs and bingo venues, which have been 100% smokefree since September 1, 2005.
Governor Jim Douglas signed S.7 into law on May 27, 2009 to close loopholes in the 2005 smokefree law that had allowed smoking rooms under certain conditions in non-hospitality workplaces. Read Vermont's 2005 100% smokefree law for restaurants and bars, and the 2009 law for non-hospitality workplaces.
To learn more about Vermont's smokefree laws, visit the VT
Department of Health.
To report a violation, call the Department of Health at 800-439-8550.
Vermont law does not preempt the passage of local smokefree laws. Read more about current tobacco-related legislation in Vermont.
Current tobacco-related statistics are available from the Centers for Disease Control's Tobacco Control State Highlights, 2007.
Vermont's 2010 Legislative Session: January 3 - May 1, 2010 (est.)
Legislative SummariesArchives
- 1/26/2009H0046—(reasonable distance)—An Act relating to prohibiting lighted tobacco products outside state, county, and municipal buildings—Session Adjourned
- 2/9/2009H0118—(workplaces)—An Act to protect the health of employees by prohibiting the use of lighted tobacco products in the workplace—Session Adjourned
- 1/14/2010H501—(government building grounds)—An Act relating to prohibiting smoking on state, county, and municipal property—Session Adjourned
- 1/29/2010H568—(reasonable distance)—An act relating to prohibiting the use of lighted tobacco products outside public buildings—Session Adjourned
Action AlertsArchives
- 8/13/2010Preemption Watch Bill Tracking Summary
- 5/19/2010What's happening in the U.S. Territories and Commonwealths?
- 6/2/2009Vermont expands smokefree protections!
News SummariesArchives
- 2/5/2010State Preemption of Local Smoke-Free Laws in Government Work Sites, Private Work Sites, and Restaurants United States, 2005-2009
- 7/1/2009Smoking restrictions, tax increases take effect in Vermont
- 5/30/2009Workplace smoking ban starts July 1
- 4/24/2009Smoking lounges going the way of the dodo
- 3/10/2009Ban sought on all smoking in the workplace
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