Protecting others from second-hand smoke can start in any of the places and spaces where we live work and play - at home, at work, at a restaurant or even in schools. Protecting these places can reduce others' exposure to second-hand smoke, keeping air healthy and clean for all Louisiana residents.

Learn more about creating a tobacco-free policy here. 

Smoke-free means being free of exposure to or the use of any lighted or heated tobacco product, including cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, hookah, and other lighted or heated combustible plant material.

Tobacco-free means being free from the use of cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, or smoking tobacco. This includes being smoke-free. Tobacco-free goes beyond smoke-free by included all other tobacco products. 

Sometimes the definition of “smoking” can also include vapor products, including any electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electric pipe or similar product or device and any vapor cartridge or other container of nicotine or other substances in a solution or other form that is intended to be used with an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe or similar device.

Vaping 101 Factsheet

Click here to learn about the truth about vapes.

Click here to learn about the truth about JUUL.

If you are a:

• School administrator, click here for infographics, health risks and facts, presentation materials/talking points, and cessation resources.
• Parent, click here for infographics, health risks and facts, tips sheet, and cessation resources.
• Teenager or young adult, please visit KickButtsLA.
• Healthcare Provider click here (coming soon)

Product specific factsheets can be found below:

• E-cigarettes
• Hookah
• Cigars
• Smokeless