By law and popular demand the Queensland Government has the nation’s toughest anti-smoking laws.
Laws in Queensland include smoking bans for indoor and outdoor public places, as well as tough restrictions on retail advertising, display and promotion of tobacco products.
These laws are reducing the public’s exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, contributing to a culture that supports smokers trying to quit, and discouraging young people from taking up the habit.
For more information on Queensland's existing tobacco laws, call the Tobacco Hotline on 1800 005 998.
NEW!!
Announced on 26 May 2008, the new changes to Queensland’s laws will ban smoking in cars carrying children under the age of 16 years, and grant councils the power to regulate smoking in malls and at public transport waiting points such as bus stops.
This page last updated:
May 2008
Review date: December 2008
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