For more information, visit www.smoke-free.illinois.gov or telephone the Illinois Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Promotion at 217-782-3300.

Private Residences (except when used as a business open to the public, childcare, adult care, or health care facility)

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is the state agency responsible for enforcement, however, local health departments and law enforcement, and municipalities are designated as enforcement agents. IDPH will process complaints and document violations. IDPH will refer complaints to the local area health department or local law enforcement for further investigation and to assess penalties.

They must not permit smoking inside a public place, a place of employment or outside within 15 feet from the door, windows that open or ventilation intakes. A proprietor/owner/manager must not permit smoke to drift/infiltrate into a building through an entrance, a window, a ventilation system or other means. They must communicate to all existing employees and all applicants for employment that smoking is prohibited.

Beginning at midnight on January 1, 2008, the Smoke Free Illinois Act prohibits smoking in all indoor workplaces and public places including bars/taverns, restaurants, private clubs, and casinos.

It’s a landmark piece of legislation that shields workers and the public from the harmful effects of tobacco by banning smoking in enclosed public places and enclosed work places. It also strengthens laws on tobacco sales to minors and restricts the display of tobacco products in retail outlets. A complete ban on the retail display of tobacco products will come into force on May 31, 2008.

Yes. Bars, taverns, nightclubs, cocktail lounges, adult entertainment facilities and cabarets, and restaurants, including coffee shops, cafeterias, sandwich stands, and private and public school cafeterias are smoke-free.

There are no harmful side effects of having both BREAK FREE and nicotine in your body, but remember, nicotine is still destroying the Acetylcholine, so the more you smoke, the longer you will need to take BREAK FREE. You should try to reduce your smoking. You will find that your desire to smoke will start to decline within 48 hours. Within 72 hours the Lobeline will begin to replacing nicotine in your receptor cells and your desire will continue to decrease.

The federal Gun-Free Schools Act (at 20 U.S.C. section 7151) requires each State receiving federal education funds (this includes Iowa) to have in effect a State law requiring local schools to expel students who bring firearms to school. Each district reports its expulsion/suspension information on BEDS (Basic Education Data System) by attendance center. Using the definition in Question 6, the Department knows whether any persistently dangerous schools exist in Iowa.

Yes, the Department treats racial harassment as discrimination based on race . If a person is subjected to name-calling or negative comments based on a protected class, this may be unlawful discrimination. <Go to Top>

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000, which came about as a result of one of the major commitments in the Labour Party’s 1997 manifesto, creates new rights of public access to information held by public authorities, as defined under the Act. The Act only applies to England, Wales and Northern Ireland. A separate Freedom of Information Act applies to Scotland. The Act specifically defines GPs as public authorities.

The seeds produced by just one plant could ultimately sow many acres. Each pack includes full instructions on how to harvest these seeds, thereby ensuring a limitless supply of quality tobacco for many years to come.

In 2002, the State of Illinois investigated more than 1,400 complaints filed under the Prevailing Wage Act. As a result, over $1,900,000 was collected on behalf of the building industry wage earners and over $200,000 was collected in penalties for the State of Illinois General Revenue Fund. To view the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, Illinois lawyers, which includes Chicago lawyers, refer to 820 ILCS 130/. Sec. 1.

Inform customers and employees that on or before October 2, 2006 your business will be smoke-free. Delayed deadline businesses will have to be smoke-free by May 14, 2011. required in the law, "NO SMOKING" signs must be posted in visible places, including entrances and restrooms. The law requires employers to "communicate" the smoking law to all existing employees before October 2, 2006 and to all perspective employees upon their application for employment.

Try using a survey administered to staff before and after the policy. Be sure to ask if the new policy has affected their smoking status and if they would make any comments or suggestions. For a sample survey, please click here.

The smoke-free policy bans smoking from all outdoor grounds, property and parking areas at Cleveland Clinic, including the hotels on main campus, and throughout the health system.

Answer: All restaurants in Tennessee will be smoke-free unless they choose to limit access to people 21 and older at all times. This includes restaurants with bars, as well as chain and hotel restaurants. Restaurants can allow smoking on outdoors patios. Answer: No. A restaurant is a public place and the Act bans smoking in public places.

Smoking can inhibit proper healing of an implant. However, this does not prevent smokers from having implants successfully placed and restored. You should speak with your dentist for more specific information relating to your dental needs and the effects of smoking.

Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS) website: (external site) (please note that there is limited access to the public on this site). Alternatively you can contact the Licensing Unit, Taunton Deane Borough Council, Belvedere Road, Taunton, TA1 1HE. Tele: 01823 356343 or email: licensing@tauntondeane.gov.uk

Always Illinois is an online networking community that includes all ILLINOIS alumni, students, faculty and staff. Always Illinois offers all the basic functions of a social network with added levels of security and privacy. You can invite your friends and colleagues to join your network or become your friend. Once you create your network, you are also linked to the networks of all the people you know, exponentially increasing the power of the ILLINOIS network.

Yes. Beginning on October 2, 2006 all ashtrays and other smoking paraphernalia must be removed from the inside of the business. Call the Omaha City Police at 911. Non-emergency calls may be referred to the Telephone Response Squad at 444-5977. For questions about enforcement call Officer Kinsey at 444-6508.

It is available by clicking here. If you want a paper copy, it will cost 25-cents a page (the document is nine pages long) and can be requested by calling the City Clerk at 444-5550. The smoking ordinance is Ordinance Number 37412.

The smoke-free ordinance will be in the next electronic and paper supplement that the Municipal Code Corporation puts out for the city. The supplements come out every 5 or 6 months.

Studies show that restaurants that go smoke-free do not tend to lose business due to their new policies. Some studies even show restaurants increasing business after such a change. For any type of business, most people support businesses that adopt a policy such as this in the interest of the health of their employees (and customers), especially when smoke-free workplaces have become so common nationwide. It is unlikely that you will lose any customers over this decision.

Most of your employees will probably appreciate the fact that you are adopting this policy in the interest of their health. While your smoking employees may be frustrated at no longer being able to smoke at work, it is unlikely that you will lose any employees over this decision, especially if you offer cessation services for your smoking employees who want to quit.

Adults, children, smoke-sensitive people, elderly people, pregnant women, parents, teenagers, other business owners... everyone!

You are expected to comply with the policy. By using tobacco-free cigarettes you will be perceived to not be complying with the policy.

Smoking and second-hand smoke are the country's most preventable causes of death today, contributing to more than 440,000 deaths each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a leading health care system, we are dedicated to health, wellness and the prevention of disease. We believe taking this step is imperative to furthering our mission.

The smoke-free policy is implemented at all Cleveland Clinic buildings and properties. These locations include: The Family Health Centers (Independence, Solon, Chagrin Falls, Willoughby Hills, Westlake, Lakewood, Brunswick, Lorain, Elyria, Strongsville, Beachwood and Wooster) Cleveland Clinic affiliate hospitals (Hillcrest, South Pointe, Euclid, Huron, Fairview, Lakewood, Lutheran and Marymount Hospitals)