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creating smoke free environments
- vic health works closley with Quit to reduce the number of places that people are exposed to tobacco smoke by:
- 1: supporting legislation to ban smoking in public places
- 2: helping workplaces and public places wanting to become smokefree
- 3: promoting the 'SmokeFree' message through sponsorship
- 4: establishing VicHealth's healthy environments policy, which maintains a tobacco control focus in
its funding agreements.
- 1: supporting legislation to ban smoking in public places
- legislation on smoke free events
- From 1 April 2014, smoking will be banned at areas commonly used by children and young people
for recreational and sporting activities.
- The bans will complement those implemented in December 2012, which prohibit smoking at all
Victorian patrolled beaches.
- In 2006 smoking was banned in covered areas of train station platforms, tram stops and bus stops.
- A restriction on smoking in enclosed public places has been in effect since July 2007.
- A ban on smoking in government school grounds became effective in July 2009.
- From 1 April 2014, smoking will be banned at areas commonly used by children and young people
for recreational and sporting activities.
- VICHealths policy on smoke free events
- Under VicHealth's healthy environments policy, a compulsory condition of grant funding is that
funded indoor events must be smoke-free.
- Under VicHealth's healthy environments policy, a compulsory condition of grant funding is that
funded indoor events must be smoke-free.
- Strengthen Community action
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