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Non-liquor licensed food or drink businesses

Indoor smoking bans at non-licensed food and BYO premises have been in place in Queensland since May 2002.

Since 1 July 2006, all non-enclosed (i.e. outdoor) eating and drinking areas where food or drink is provided as part of a business, must be no-smoking.

This general rule applies to all businesses.

If you wish to provide an area for patrons to smoke, consider the following:

• You can have an outdoor smoking only area, as long as the food or drink you sell is not provided or consumed in the area, and the area is not within 4 metres of a building entrance.
• You do not need to have a buffer zone between the smoking area and other outdoor areas.
• Your obligation is to ensure that patrons only smoke in this area and no food or drink is served to patrons, taken into, or consumed in this area.

Please call the Government call centre on 13 QGOV - 13 7468 with any questions or for assistance.

For details on this law go to the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998.

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