Smoke Free Mecklenburg

Smoke-Free Mecklenburg is a local grassroots coalition of health care professionals, advocacy groups and individuals committed to bringing smoke-free restaurants, bars and workplaces to Mecklenburg County. Now that North Carolina has passed a smoke-free restaurants and bars bill, we are committed to eliminating secondhand smoke in all workplaces so that all works across our state can work in a healthy, smoke-free environment.

If you live or work in Mecklenburg County and would like to help ensure that all workplaces and public places are smoke-free, please contact Patti Bossert, patricia.bossert@cancer.org

  Please visit www.smokefree.nc.gov where you will find:

     o   Information on secondhand smoke 
     o   Details on what is covered under the new law 
     o   Tools for business owners to utilize as they go smoke free 
     o   Local Health Department contacts 
     o   A link to an on line form where violations of the new law can be reported

For information on secondhand smoke, studies, talking points and more, click here

Surgeon General's report on secondhand smoke

The Top Ten Myths About Smoke Free Air Laws 

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