Cancer Council Queensland
OrganisationReferenced in 2 bills
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Extension of Smoking Bans) Amendment Bill 2015
This bill proposed extending Queensland's smoking bans to cover public transport stops, pedestrian malls, swimming pools, skate parks and the area within 5 metres of government buildings. It also aimed to stop cigarettes being sold from vehicles or pop-up stalls at public events. The bill was discharged and did not become law.
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Smoke-free Places) Amendment Bill 2015
This bill amends Queensland's tobacco laws to ban smoking in many more outdoor public places, including bus stops, outdoor malls, public swimming pools, skate parks, under-age sports grounds, childcare centres and aged care homes. It also stops the sale of smoking products from pop-up stalls at festivals and gives councils a new general power to ban smoking at other outdoor public places.