TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM | VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - DIVISION OF SUBSTANCE USE PROGRAMS
Works to protect the public's health by effecting changes at the environmental, policy, and systems levels. The goals of the Tobacco Control Program are to prevent youth and adults from becoming tobacco users, to support those looking to quit, and to change the overall acceptance of tobacco use. Provides information about Vermont's Smoke Free Laws: the Clean Indoor Air Act (Act 135) that provides protection from secondhand smoke by banning lit tobacco products in nearly all common areas of indoor public places and the expansion of that protection (Act 108) that restricts the use of e-cigarettes or other vaping devices, defined as tobacco substitutes, wherever smoking is prohibited. Smoking and vaping are not allowed on school grounds, during school events, at licensed childcare facilities, or in vehicles with children seven years old and younger.
Last Assured
06/28/2024
Physical Address
280 State Drive, Waterbury, VT 05671
Hours
Website: 24Hours/7Days
Application process
By Website; Telephone; Email
Service area
Vermont
Agency info
VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - DIVISION OF SUBSTANCE USE PROGRAMS
The Vermont Division of Substance Use Programs (DSU) oversees a statewide network of health promotion, prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery services to prevent, reduce and eliminate the health impacts of alcohol, cannabis, opioid and other drug use. DSU works with national, state, and community based organizations to make programs and services available to Vermonters, uses data to plan and guide program improvements, and supports Vermont's statewide system of providers.