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Ensuring Community Rights
To Pass Smokefree Ordinances
 

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No Preemption

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"Regarding a bill in Oregon to preempt local smokefree bar ordinances, McCallum stated that he was happy with the bill, and that the association "has really been battling local ordinances month in and month out for four years." McCallum compared the legislation to that enacted by California in 1995. When asked about the health of employees in bars, McCallum stated, "People have a choice as to whether they want to work in establishments that allow smoking. Those people have plenty of other choices [of employers] if they are offended by [smoking]. In fact, this law ensures that they have lots of other choices."

Michael McCallum
Chief Executive, Oregon Restaurant Association

District of Columbia

All workplaces, restaurants, and bars in Washington, D.C. are 100% smokefree. Workplaces went smokefree on April 3, 2006, and restaurants and bars went smokefree on January 1, 2007. Read Washington, D.C.'s smokefree law.

In Fall 2013, the Washington DC Council enacted a law that prohibits smoking within 25 feet of city parks and playgrounds, and at bus stops.

For more information on the law, visit SmokefreeDC.
To report a violation, fill out an online form or call (202) 671-5000.

Read more about current tobacco-related legislation in District of Columbia.

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

DC's 2017 Legislative Session: January 3, 2017 - December 31, 2018


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