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5 <br /> 1 Overview of the Rule <br /> 2 Where is smoking prohibited? <br /> 3 • Indoors <br /> 4 - Where the public is invited or allowed <br /> 5 - Regardless of public or private business ownership <br /> 6 • Outside <br /> 7 Municipal or County owned/controlled property <br /> 8 - Sidewalks <br /> 9 - Parks and Recreation facilities <br /> 10 - Bus Stops <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Overview of the Rule <br /> 13 Where is smoking not regulated by the rule? <br /> 14 Overview of the Rule <br /> 15 Enforcement— Effective July 1, 2013 <br /> 16 Smoke-free public places <br /> 17 RECENT history <br /> 18 2009 <br /> 19 • House Bill 2 (HB2) passes <br /> 20 • November - TRU students present Tobacco-Free Public Places idea to the <br /> 21 Board of Health <br /> 22 2010 <br /> 23 • January 2 - HB2 goes into effect as the NC Smoke-Free Restaurants and Bars <br /> 24 Law <br /> 25 2011 <br /> 26 • February— UNC School of Government Webinars on Local Authority <br /> 27 • April — Board of Health and Intergovernmental Park Workgroup Presentations <br /> 28 • November—Orange County Tobacco Control Workgroup Formed <br /> 29 2012 <br /> 30 • February—Workgroup recommends BOH adopt Tobacco-Free Public Places <br /> 31 • June — BOH hears presentations by NC Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch <br /> 32 and Gayle Harris, Durham County Health Director. BOH adopts Strategic Plan to <br /> 33 review current smoking ban policies for expansion <br /> 34 • August - BOH Tobacco Subcommittee recommends Tobacco-Free public places <br /> 35 to BOH. BOH discusses and decides to limit consideration to Smoke Free public <br /> 36 places only. <br /> 37 • Smoke-free public places <br /> 38 Preparing for the vote <br /> 39 2012 <br /> 40 • Early September— BOCC Chair met with municipal mayors to gauge support for <br /> 41 the Rule <br />