Credit: Joe Armao. Victoria is the last state to impose the ban and lags well behind Queensland and Western Australia where smoking in outdoor dining areas was outlawed in NSW and South Australia barred smoking in outdoor dining areas last year.
More recently, Queensland banned smoking within 10 metres of public picnic tables and barbecues, and within five metres of bus stops and taxi ranks. The Andrews government announced the legislation for Victoria in , but gave businesses two years to prepare. Well, smoking kills, obviously. Aside from being unpleasant, second-hand smoke can cause cancer and heart disease. It also increases the risk of miscarriage, and can cause asthma attacks. A Cancer Council survey found 73 per cent of Victorians disapprove of smoking in outdoor dining areas.
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Tobacco and other smoking products act. Sloane J. Claims plain packaging works go up in smoke. The Australian, ; 16 Jun. Queensland Government. Queensland health. Explanation of 'enclosed' and 'outdoor'. Brisbane, Australia Queensland Health. Designated outdoor smoking area. Tobacco products regulation act.
Tobacco products regulation further restrictions amendment act. Government of South Australia. Your smoke-free workplace.
Adelaide: Government of South Australia, Smoke-free public places and shared areas. Outdoor areas. Smoke with kids in the car and you'll cough up a fine.
Government of Tasmania. A guide to smoke-free areas in Tasmania. Hobart Corrections act Outdoor smoking areas - a guide for licensed premises.
Tobacco act. Government of Victoria. Smoke-free workplaces guide. Melbourne, Australia Smoke-free guide: Licensed premises and outdoor dining or drinking areas. Tobacco products control act. Tobacco products control regulations wa. Government of Western Australia Department of Health. Tobacco products control act Smoking in enclosed public places.
Australian Building Codes Board. Building code of Australia. Viewed 8 may Government of Western Australia. Smokefree outdoor eating areas. Perth Bans were interpreted as required under occupational health and safety legislation and in order to avoid common law claims. Laws formalising these arrangements were introduced much later than this in most states and territories. It is substantially surrounded by a fixed fence or wall, or similar structure, and does not form part of a public thoroughfare that is generally used by other people.
Expanded to 5m from Sep A common area other than a lobby, hall, stairway, elevator or dining area was exempt if a similar area of a comparable standard in which smoking was not permitted was provided.
Owners corporations may ban smoking. The Strata Schemes Management Act NSW prohibits a person from causing a nuisance that interferes unreasonably with a lot or common property. Smokedrift is defined as a nuisance. However model by-laws actually banning smoking do not apply unless specifically adopted by the owners corporation. Smoking banned except in accommodation areas. May be banned in a national park, or part of a national park by regulation.
From Feb banned in campsites and public facilities, and immediately surrounding land, in most national parks. Smoking banned in wards and dining areas of nursing homes and permitted only in areas designated by the facility. Includes community festivals, community markets and show grounds. Earlier regulations typically banned smoking where prohibited by signs. Earlier regulations banned smoking where prohibited by signs.
Total ban on smoking in railway carriages from Jul Includes all passenger railways and light rail stations, bus stops and stations, tax ranks and bus stop seating areas.
From Jan , indoor drinking areas have had to be smokefree. The barrier may be a wall or screen, which may need to be a minimum height eg 2. No such barriers are required in SA or Tas. Expanded from Mar to anywhere within 20m of an outdoor sporting venue during an organised sporting event, including any part of the venue reserved for the use of competitors or officials and any public seating. Includes: BMX and motorbike racing facilities; car racing facilities; horse racing facilities; playground equipment; public swimming pools; skate parks; sports fields.
From Oct a smokefree area had to be separated from a smoking permitted area by a barrier to ensure that a space of at least 1. A wall between the smoking and non-smoking areas, or some other means of differentiating the smoking and non-smoking zones, is required but no minimum height or distance is specified.
From Mar , smoking was banned anywhere within 3m of an outdoor dining area that was not surrounded by a barrier at least 2. Similar policies in other jurisdictions. Dept of Education policy prohibits smoking within 10m of school entry point or boundary, and prohibits designated smoking areas in common access areas or near doorways or air conditioning outlets.
Dept of Education policy prohibits any such designated areas indoors. For a person working. I don't do this out of zealotry - I recognise smoking is a personal choice - but we can't ask bar staff to smoke half a packet of cigarettes in a shift. A NSW Health survey found 23 per cent of respondents would go to pubs and clubs more if smoking was banned.
And the Premier's office released figures claiming that since the same ban was imposed in New York, the industry has employed an extra 10, workers and business receipts have grown by 8. But the Hotels Association claims a consultant it sent to New York and Ireland six weeks ago, David Cass, found the bans to be "devastating".
General bar take in New York had dropped by 20 per cent and in Ireland by between 15 and 25 per cent. It says the figures used by the NSW Government were comparing post-ban takings in New York with the period after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
All parties agree that in the year after Victoria banned smoking in gaming rooms, poker machine turnover dropped by 5 per cent. The Hotels Association's president, John Thorpe, said Mr Carr had called him on Sunday to say the announcement was pending, but did not warn him how quickly he would act. The debate continues today, with the federal government enforcing plain packaging for cigarettes.
Three decades separate the clips presented here. This Day Tonight's 'Smoker's Segregation' story from shows a public realm still dominated by smokers, so much so that interviewees for the story could not foresee a time when smokers would be compelled to adhere to anti-smoking laws. Even anti-smoking campaigner Dr Earl Hackett is resigned to the dominance of smokers, believing that any attempt to legislate against smoking in public areas will not succeed.
The state of Victoria, however, did legislate against smoking in indoor spaces in , with other states soon to follow. The news report covering the last gasp for the days of smoky bars shows that while there was some disappointment expressed by smokers with the legislation, and despite a brief revival in smoking culture watch for the cigar smokers the changes were here to stay.
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