Smoke-free Hobart
Clean, fresh air is one of the many features that Hobartians value about our city.
Smoke-free areas help promote healthy behaviours. They support people who have or are trying to quit smoking. They also reduce the risk of non-smokers encountering second hand smoke.
The Hobart CBD is smoke-free. The borders of the smoke-free area are Collins, Liverpool, Murray and Campbell streets.
Some of the other public places that are smoke-free include:
- parks and playgrounds
- outdoor dining areas
- car parks.
They are indicated by bright blue signage and "no smoking" signs. Smoking includes herbal or e-cigarettes (vaping) as well as tobacco. These activities are not allowed in smoke-free areas.
We have also appointed a Smoking Education Officer. Their role is to create public awareness of smoke-free areas and rules in Hobart.
Smoke-free areas encourage residents and guests to make healthy choices so that everyone could enjoy a breath of fresh air.
"We walk in the fresh air between all the best things in life" - Vision statement - Hobart: A community vision for our island capital.
Smoke-free areas in Hobart
Pedestrian malls
Smoking is banned in:
- Collins Court
- Elizabeth Mall
- Hobart Bus Mall
- Mathers Lane
- Salamanca Square
- Trafalgar Place
- Wellington Court
Parks and playgrounds
Smoking is banned in:
- City of Hobart playgrounds
- Franklin Square
- Legacy Park
- University Rose Garden.
We have put up signs that ban smoking within 10 metres of playgrounds located in reserves or on our land.
Outdoor dining areas
Smoking is banned in outdoor dining and drinking areas on land managed by the City of Hobart.
Businesses are responsible for ensuring that their outdoor dining areas remain smoke-free.
City car parks
Smoking is banned in the following City of Hobart-owned public car parks:
- Argyle Street Car Park
- Centrepoint Car Park
- Hobart Central Car Park
- Salamanca Square Car Park.
Smoking is also banned on the Hobart Town Hall car park.
Other smoke-free areas
The Tasmanian Government has introduced additional smoke-free areas in Tasmania. They include:
- enclosed public places or workplaces
- any vehicle with a child in it
- any work vehicle with another person in it
- within three metres of bus shelters
- bus malls and pedestrian malls
- public swimming pools and between the flags at a beach
- within three metres of the entrance/exit to a building
- in and within three metres of an outdoor dining area
- within ten metres of a building's ventilation air intake
- within 20 metres of an outdoor sporting event
- within ten metres of a children's playground
- outdoor areas designated as smoke-free by the occupier
- certain public events.
For more information, visit the Department of Health website.
If you seek support to give up smoking, please visit the Quit Tasmania website or call 13 78 48.
For further information or to make a complaint, please use our smoke-free line 03 6238 2724 or email smokefreehobart@hobartcity.com.au.