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Welcome to the Clean Air Kansas City website. Clean Air Kansas City supports smoke-free air ordinances, laws and policies in the metro area and the state; as well as a comprehensive approach to reducing tobacco use and exposure to second hand smoke. Join Clean Air Kansas City to receive updates on local and state smoke free public policies.

Kansas Missouri
The Kansas Clean Indoor Air Act is effective July 1, 2010. The law covers indoor public places and workplaces including restaurants and bars, even restaurants and bars in casinos. Smoking is prohibited in taxis, limousines and within 10 feet from entrances and air intakes of such facilities statewide. Exemptions include 20% of hotel/motel rooms, casino gaming floor, tobacco shops and private clubs licensed before Jan. 1 2009. Find more detailed information on the resources page.
Smoke free bills have been introduced in 2010 in the Missouri Senate as well as House of Representatives. These are comprehensive bills that would provide protections from second hand smoke in public places and workplaces including restaurants, bars and casinos.  No action has been taken in either house.

Local ordinances stronger than state law remain in effect. These include:
Fairway
Leawood
Lenexa
Mission
Mission Woods
Olathe
Overland Park
Prairie Village
Roeland Park
Westwood

Communities upgrading to comply with state law include:
Shawnee
Wyandotte County/Kansas City Kansas
Merriam
Gardner
DeSoto

The following communities have approved local comprehensive protections from second hand smoke:
Independence
KCMO
Lees Summit
North Kansas City
Liberty

Weaker community ordinances were approved in:
Blue Springs
Parkville
Belton
Raymore
Gladstone

Communities with no ordinance include:
Grandview
Smithville
Raytown
Riverside