TASMANIAN smokers will be further stigmatised with the State Government banning smoking at a raft of festivals and events next year.
Government banning smoking at a raft of festivals and events next year.
The Government is making no apologies for the move, saying it is time Tasmanian children grew up thinking of smoking as abnormal behaviour.
From January 2, an additional 30 public events will be smoke free, including Australia Day celebrations, Launceston's Festivale, North Hobart's Estia Greek Festival, New Norfolk's Autumn Festival, the Wooden Boat Festival, Cygnet Folk Festival and music events such as Falls Festival, Breath of Life, Day on the Green and Symphony Under the Stars.
Lighting-up will also be banned at regular markets such as Salamanca, Evandale, Glenorchy and Sorell.
Organisers of the events will have the option of setting up a maximum of two outdoor smoking areas, which will need to be well clear of food stalls and children's activities.
The Health Department's Environmental Health manager, Stuart Heggie, said tobacco control officers would conduct random checks to ensure patrons complied with the new rules.
"These smoke-free [events] are in addition to the completely smoke-free Carols by Candlelight services held in the state this Christmas, as well as the bans that already exist in a range of locations where children play and families gather, and the recently added patrolled areas of Tasmania's beaches," Mr Heggie said.
Cygnet Folk Festival artistic director Erin Collins said the change was a "logistical challenge" but would most likely be welcomed by the audiences.
Mr Heggie said penalties would be a "last resort" but anyone who persisted in smoking after being asked to stop would be fined.
TASMANIA'S smoke-free areas:
• Public events (from January 2).
• Workplaces including offices, gaming venues, nightclubs and shopping centres.
• Public buildings (smoking is banned within three metres of the buildings' entrances).
• In cars with children and inside work vehicles.
• Outdoor dining areas during food service times (in addition to state laws, the Hobart City Council has banned smoking at all times in outdoor dining areas within the city).
• Pedestrian malls.
• Bus malls and shelters (smoking is banned within three metres of a bus shelter).
• Within 10 metres of playgrounds.
• Patrolled beaches and public swimming pools.
• Outdoor sports grounds.
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