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A Guide to Toronto’s No Smoking By-Law
No. 441-1999 for Public Places

Type of Public Place	By-Law Restrictions	Smoke-Free By
All public places (with exception of Classes listed below	Required to be smoke free	Oct. 8, 1999
Class A: Restaurants & dinner theatres (Exception food courts, indoor patios or take outs are required to be smoke-free	Unenclosed smoking is prohibited. Smoking only permitted in an approved Designated smoking room no larger than 25% of occupiable public space	June 1, 2001
Class B: bowling centers	Unenclosed smoking is prohibited. Smoking only permitted in an approved Designated smoking room no larger than 25% of occupiable public space	June 1, 2001
Class C: a public place used primarily for playing billiards	Unenclosed smoking prohibited. Smoking only permitted in an approved Designated smoking room no larger than 25% of occupiable public space	June 1, 2004
Class D: a public place used for the playing of games of chance as defined by the Gaming Control Act, 1992, & includes casinos & racetracks	Unenclosed smoking prohibited. Smoking only permitted in an approved Designated smoking room no larger than 25% of occupiable public space	June 1, 2004
Class E: is licensed under the Liquor License Act & where no patron under 19 years is admitted at any time. Includes bars, entertainment lounges, and night clubs	Unenclosed smoking prohibited. Smoking only permitted in an approved Designated smoking room no larger than 25% of occupiable public space	June 1,2004
Class F: public place where the principal business is the operation of a bingo hall	Unenclosed smoking prohibited. Smoking only permitted in an approved Designated smoking room no larger than 50% of occupiable public space	June 1, 2004

A Guide to Toronto’s No Smoking By-Law
No. 441-1999 for Workplaces

Definition
of “workplace”
A building or part of a building in which one or more employees work, including
employees’ eating and lounge areas, includes a public transit vehicle (other
than a taxi or livery cab) and any other conveyance in which an employee
works.

Where a workplace is also a public place, the provisions of
this by-law respecting public places shall prevail.
Where a workplace is also a private club, the provisions of
this by-law do not apply.
No person shall smoke in a workplace, except in a designated
smoking room.
The designated smoking room must not be more than 25% of the
indoor space; must be fully enclosed and separately ventilated
to the outdoors and have a Health Warning sign posted at the
entrance; and must not be used for any other purpose but smoking.

The employer must:

Prohibit smoking in the workplace except where smoking is permitted
by the by-law
Prohibit ashtrays and like paraphernalia in area where smoking
is prohibited
Post No Smoking signs at the entrance to the workplace
Post No Smoking signs in areas where smoking is not permitted
Post Health Warning signs at the entrance to designated smoking
rooms if provided

For more information about this No Smoking By-Law call your local
Public Health office.

Call Toronto Public Health’s Smoke Free Helpline at 416-392-0123,
to report non-compliance and for information about how to stop
smoking

For more information or to obtain an electronic version of the
No Smoking and Health Warning signs visit Toronto Public Health’s
website: www.city.toronto.on.ca,
Email: [email protected]

This guide provides an overview of the environmental
Tobacco Smoke (ETS) By-law (No.441-1999) and is not intended
to be a legal document. This information has been obtained
with permission from Toronto Public Health.

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No. 441-1999 for Public Places

A Guide to Toronto’s No Smoking By-Law
No. 441-1999 for Workplaces