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Effective January 1, 2008, California Health and Safety Code 118947 bans the smoking of any cigarette, pipe, or cigar in a moving or parked vehicle while a youth younger than the age of 18 is present. Children are especially at risk to the harmful health effects caused by breathing second hand smoke in confined spaces, such as a car or truck.The level of toxic air in a vehicle when someone is smoking is up to ten times greater than the level which the United States Environmental Protection Agency considers hazardous.Smokers can be fined up to $100 for smoking in vehicles when youth are present.For more information please visit www.cdph.ca.gov or www.ccap.etr.org. 
The California Air Resource Board has declared environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or second hand smoke, as a Toxic Air Contaminant. There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. Tobacco smoke in apartment buildings can drift through plumbing, electrical systems, closets, ventilation systems, windows, under doors and from halls. Drifting tobacco smoke is a health hazard especially to children and infants. If you are experiencing drifting smoke in your apartment please call us at (562) 570-7950. | The Tobacco Education Program (TEP): | - Helps prevent youth from using tobacco products.
| - Helps protect families, children and employees from secondhand smoke.
| - Works with the Coalition for a Smoke Free Long Beach to advocate for public health policy
| - Maintains compliance for the Long Beach Smoking Ordinance (8.68) and other tobacco control regulations
| - Educates businesses and the public about tobacco control laws and ordinances
| Reducing Exposure to Secondhand Smoke (SHS):
The City of Long Beach prohibits smoking in all enclosed public places and work places within the City of Long Beach. (Long Beach Municipal Code 8.68) These areas include, but are not limited to:
Long Beach Smoke free indoor areas include, but are not limited to:
 Retail Stores
| Cigar Lounges | Tobacco Shops | Restaurants | Laundromats | Movie Theaters | Bars | Workplaces | Hotel & Motel Lobbies | Public Restrooms | City Vehicles | Public Meeting Rooms | City Facilities | Libraries | |
Long Beach Smoke free outdoor areas include:
Beaches, Bike Paths, and Launch Ramps | Tot Lots | Playgrounds | Smoking is prohibited within 20 feet of main entrances, exits, and operable windows of public buildings which are owned and occupied, or leased and occupied by the state, a city, a county, or a city and county. This includes but is not limited to buildings of the University of California, California State Universities, and California Community Colleges. (State of California Government Code Sections 7596-7598) Covered areas at the Long Beach Airport |
(If you see violations you can file a complaint by calling us or submitting this form. Please click here for form.)
To file a smoking complaint or tobacco violation with the City of Long Beach, please call (562) 570-7950 or click here to fill out a complaint form. Send the form to :
City of Long Beach
Tobacco Education Program
3820 Cherry Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90807
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The mission of the Coalition for a Smoke-Free Long Beach is to promote a tobacco-free, smoke free and healthy Long Beach. The Coalition serves in an advisory capacity to the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services Tobacco Education Program (TEP) in the development, implementation and periodic review of the City's Comprehensive Tobacco Control Workplan. The Coalition is a diverse group of community volunteers committed to promoting tobacco-free healthy lifestyles. Currently, there are more than 80 members on the Coalition representing local residents, youth, voluntary health organizations, health care providers, the Long Beach Unified School District, California State Universities, Long Beach City College, churches, community based organizations, youth organizations, businesses and other concerned individuals. |
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Tips to Help You QUIT!
Get rid of all cigarettes and ashtrays in your home, car and/or workplace.
Ask your family, friends and co-workers for support
Breathe in deeply when you feel the urge to smoke
Keep yourself busy with other hobbies.
Make a list of reasons you want to quit.
Reward yourself once you quit. |
Smoking Cessation Resources
California Smokers' Hotline
(Telephone Counseling Services)
English:
1-800-662-8887
Spanish:
1-800-456-6386
Chinese:
1-800-400-0866
Korean:
1-800-556-5564
Hearing Impaired:
1-800-933-4TDD
Chewer's Helpline:
1-800-844-CHEW (2439) |
| 2008 Coalition for a Smoke Free Long Beach Meetings:
March 12, 2008 | June 11, 2008 | September 10, 2008 | December 10, 2008 |
All meetings are held at the Miller Family Health Education Center. Please call
(562) 570-7950 for more information. |
| | Preventing Youth Access to Tobacco:
Everyday more than 2,000 American children smoke their first cigarette (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2000). Adolescent brains are more vulnerable to nicotine addiction, and even one cigarette can alter the brain's function (University of California Irvine, Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center, 2004). Yet, kids are still able to buy cigarettes illegally within the City of Long Beach. 
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| | Did you know that as you snuff out the last cigarette...
Within 20 minutes: Blood pressure, body temperature and pulse rate will drop to normal.
Within 8 hours: Smokers-breath disappears.
Within 24 hours: Risk of health attack decreases.
Within 2-3 months: Lung capacity increase to 30%, circulation improves and walking becomes easier. Smokers-breath disappears.
Within 1 year: Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a person who smokes.
Within 2 years: Heart attack risk drops back to normal.
Medi-Cal Recipients | If you have Medi-Cal, you may be eligible to get products to help you quit smoking.
First talk to your doctor or your Medi-Cal plan health educator, and explain that you want help quitting.
Next, call California Smoker's Helpline: 1-800-NO-BUTTS (After your call and completion of counseling, you'll receive a certificate).
Finally, take Helpline certificate and doctor's prescription to your pharmacist. |
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| | If you sell tobacco or tobacco products in the City of Long Beach an annual permit is now required. For more information, or to apply for a permit, please visit the Tobacco Retail Program (TREP)website. Click here to view the TREP website.
Click here to view the Tobacco Retail Permit Ordinance (LBMC 5.81). It is very important for businesses to understand all of the tobacco control laws and regulations that will affect them. The Tobacco Education Program can assist business owners in understanding the tobacco control laws in place in the City of Long Beach. Please call (562) 570-7950 for more information.
Click here to view a copy of Long Beach Municipal Code 8.68 (No Smoking Ordinance)
Click here to view the State of California Tobacco Control Laws | | Return to Top | |
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