New Ordinance
Atlanta is joining more than 1000 cities across the nation with comprehensive smokefree protections that will protect your city’s residents, visitors, and employees from secondhand smoke exposure. The City’s new ordinance goes into effect on January 2, 2020.
In addition to smoking restrictions that already exist under state law, there will be new restrictions on smoking and vaping (use of electronic nicotine delivery systems) in many locations across the city.
WHY DO WE NEED THIS NEW ORDINANCE?
The U.S. Surgeon General has concluded that there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke. When non-smokers are exposed to secondhand smoke, they inhale many of the same toxins that smokers inhale. Exposure to secondhand smoke can contribute to or cause severe health problems in smokers and non-smokers, including asthma, emphysema, respiratory disease, heart disease, and even cancer.
Providing smoke-free protections to everyone who works, lives, and visits our city will help reduce health disparities, strengthen economic activity, and create a healthier workforce. - Smoke-free ATL: https://smokefreeatl.org/