Smoke-Free Law Turns 3, and Business Has Never Been Healthier New CDC Foundation video shares benefits of N.C.’s smoke-free restaurants and bars law, as shared by three N.C. restaurant/bar owners. See SmokeFree.NC.gov for more information on North Carolina's Smoke-Free Restaurants and Bars Law.

Smoke-Free Toolkit: Resource for Local Governments The state law (G.S. 130A-498 ) went into effect January 2, 2010, giving local governments clear authority to further regulate smoking on local government grounds and in enclosed public places. State Buildings Smoke-Free; Local Governments Can Do the Same Beginning January 1, 2008, House Bill 24 became law (N.C. Gen. Stat. 130A-491), banning smoking inside all state government buildings and allowing N.C. local governments to do the same, if they choose. Read more...

Welcome to the North Carolina Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch web site. Advocates and professionals will find information about evidence-based ways to reduce the toll of tobacco use on N.C. communities and to promote tobacco-free living. There is also information for anyone who is trying to quit using tobacco in the Quitting Tobacco section.

Tobacco use remains the number one preventable cause of death and disease in the United States and North Carolina. The good news is WE KNOW WHAT WORKS and we are making steady progress in North Carolina and the nation. We work on this complex public health problem by building support for proven strategies to:

þ Prevent the initiation of smoking and other tobacco use
þ Eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke
þ Help tobacco-users quit; and
þ Identify and eliminate tobacco-related health disparities among N.C. populations and communities