Smoking Management Plan
(from 1 July 2006)
If you choose to have a Designated Outdoor Smoking Area (DOSA) at your premises, you must prepare and keep up-to-date a Smoking Management Plan for the entire premises.
A Smoking Management Plan must:
- identify the DOSA
- identify the outdoor areas where food is served
- identify the buffers
- state how you as the licensee will minimise the exposure of staff and patrons to environmental tobacco smoke
- describe the training or instruction given to staff to ensure the laws and the Smoking Management Plan are complied with
- state that signage is provided in the premises to identify where smoking is or is not allowed.
A template of the Smoking Management Plan is available or by calling the Tobacco Hotline 1800 005 998. This template is the blank version of the plan that you can use to create a plan for your premises. Staff at the Tobacco Hotline can also assist you in developing your Smoking Management Plan.
A sample Smoking Management Plan has also been provided as a guide to filling out the template. It is only an example of how it the plan could be filled out.
The Smoking Management Plan does not need to be approved by Queensland Health, but it is an offence to not make the Plan available to Queensland Health enforcement officers on request.
You are also required to:
- display a sign in or near your DOSA stating that the Smoking Management Plan is available for perusal on request
- make your Smoking Management Plan available on request to patrons and Queensland Health enforcement officers who inspect your premises.
Special circumstances
The use of outdoor areas may change from day to day. For example, on a cold and windy day, plastic walls could be pulled down, and this can have the effect of making the outdoor area ‘enclosed.’ As another example, a premises may have two small DOSAs, but on an ‘event’ day may want to have one larger DOSA. This is okay, but the Smoking Management Plan must include the details of the different scenarios.
If you have special circumstances and would like assistance in completing your Smoking Management Plan, call the Tobacco Hotline 1800 005 998 (8am – 6pm, 7 days).
This page last updated:
June 2006
Review date: September 2006
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