Bylaw

New Smoking Bylaw

• A new Smoking Bylaw will make Calgary's public places smoke-free effective January 1, 2008. The new bylaw includes a number of transitional measures for restaurants, bars, casinos and bingo halls. These transitional measures will come into effect on March 1, 2003. In addition, patios, transit platforms and building entranceways will also become smoke-free on March 1, 2003.
  
  
• Mixed-Use Premises Information (please visit The City of Calgary for more details - http://www.calgary.ca)
  
  
• Calgary's new Smoking Bylaw includes a transitional phase that comes into effect March 1, 2003. "Transitional public establishments" (restaurants, bars, casinos and commercial bingo halls) are allowed to decide how they would like to manage smoking on their premises. Each business will have to declare their entire premises as either:
  
  
  • Smoking: Adults (18 and over) only (smoking and non-smoking areas can be in the same room)
  • Non-smoking: Adults and children
  • Mixed-use: Smoking and non-smoking in the same establishment if smoking is confined to separate and distinct rooms (four walls, no inside openings and a door). Adults only will be permitted in the smoking area.
  
  
• Smoke-Free Calgary is working with Calgary's Medical Officer of Health to encourage Calgary businesses to choose the smoke-free option.

City of Calgary web site re: the Smoking Bylaw

Letter from the Medical Officer of Health
(42Kb Microsoft Word file)

Smoke-free signage
(52Kb Adobe Acrobat file)

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