VERMONT’S SMOKE-FREE LAWS: ACT 135 AND ACT 108

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Act 135, passed in 2014, extends secondhand smoke protections in workplaces, motor vehicles, public places, on school grounds, and in child care settings. The law also took a first step in protecting children from e-cigarette liquid poisonings by requiring child-proof packaging.

Act 135 Overview
Act 135 Fact Sheet
Text of Act 135
Secondhand Smoke Protection and What it Means for Families

Clean Indoor Air and Act 108

Act 108, passed in 2016, further strengthens the state’s Clean Indoor Act and offers more protection for Vermonters, including exposures from e-cigarette secondhand smoke. Vermont was one of the first states to pass a comprehensive Clean Indoor Air Act that banned lit tobacco products in nearly all common areas of indoor “places of public access.”

Act 108 enhances the law by restricting the use of e-cigarettes or other vaping devices, defined as tobacco substitutes, wherever smoking is prohibited. Vermont is one of the first 10 states to include e-cigarettes in its Clean Indoor Act.

Act 108 Overview
Smoking in Public Places
Smoking in the Workplace

TOBACCO CONTROL STATUTES
The Vermont General Assembly has made the statute language accessible to the public. To learn more about tobacco control language in statute, including definitions, licensing, possession and violations, below are some of the relevant chapters:

Title 7, Chapter 40: Tobacco Products (link is external)
Title 16, Chapter 001: Tobacco Use Policy on Public School Grounds (link is external)
Title 18, Chapter 37: Smoking in Public Places (link is external)
Smoking in the Workplace, Act 32, passed in 2009 (link is external)
RELATED RESOURCES
Quit@Work Toolkit - a free tool to help employers support employees with resources and services to quit smoking.
Vermont’s Tobacco-Free College Campus Initiative (link is external)
State and Local Tobacco Regulation in a Post-Deeming World (link is external)
The Legal Landscape: Vermont’s Tobacco Control Laws
CONTACT US
Tobacco Control Program
P.O. Box 70
108 Cherry Street
Burlington, VT 05402-0070
Phone: 802-863-7330 or 800-331-5622 (in Vermont)
tobaccovt@vermont.gov