Health & Human Services
SMOKING REGULATIONS, INFORMATION & RESOURCES
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Quit Smoking -- call 1-866-QUIT-YES
Clean Air Act - Smoking (Title 8 Chapter 21 Evanston City Code)
As of February 2008, smoking is prohibited in:
- All businesses, including all restaurants, bars, and sidewalk cafes;
- All public enclosed areas, all workplaces, all schools;
- Beaches, playgrounds and tot lots;
- All common areas in apartment buildings and condominiums and housing cooperatives; and
- Within 25 feet of any entrance to an enclosed area in which smoking is prohibited.
Smoking is not regulated in:
- Private residences except when used as a licensed child care, adult care, or health care facilities, or a home-based business open to the public, "provided that smoke from these places does not infiltrate into areas where smoking is prohibited" in the Evanston Clean Air Act - Smoking;
- Up to 25% of hotel or motel sleeping rooms;
- Retail tobacco stores; and
- Private clubs or lodges.
Employers and managers or owners of multi-unit buildings can download any of these free materials to post or distribute.
Enforcement
Enforcement is on a complaint basis by calling the City’s Health and Human Services Department, (847) 866-2948. Violators of this law will face a fine of $100 to $500 for each day a violation occurs.
Quit Smoking
To quit smoking, register for one of the City-sponsored Stop Smoking Seminars, which are free to all who work or live in Evanston.
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