Our Mission

The Juneau Clean Air Coalition is dedicated to clean air, free from secondhand smoke, in all public places. With that in mind, we advocate the passage of official policies and laws to ensure that people in public environments and workplaces are not exposed to secondhand smoke.

Goals for 2011 and beyond:

  • Work toward a statewide smoking ban for public places and work environments;
  • Educate adults about the dangerous effects of exposing children to secondhand smoke at home and in the car;
  • Work toward statewide smoke-free public housing;
  • Support related tobacco prevention efforts.

Our History

The Juneau Clean Air Coalition (JCA) has striven to eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke in work environments and public places since 1995. Our members include health care professionals and agencies, local businesses, and individuals. All share a committment to a smoke-free environment.

We partner with the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence – Juneau affiliate (NCADD-Juneau), which is a grantee of Alaska’s Tobacco Settlement funds. JCA also works with the American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, Alaska Native Health Board, AKEELA, Teens Against Tobacco Use and numerous other organizations statewide that share common goals regarding the elimination of secondhand smoke exposure in public places.

JCA welcomes any individual, organization, or business to join us and participate in furthering the vision of smoke-free indoor air for all work environments and public places.

JCA Smoke-Free Timeline, 1995-2011

  • 1995 – The Juneau Airport Board agrees to make the Juneau International Airport terminal smoke-free.
  • 2001 – The CBJ Assembly passes the first city-wide ordinance mandating smoke-free work environments & public places, but the ordinance has exemptions.
  • 2004 – The CBJ Assembly amends it’s smoke-free ordinance to include restaurants (effective 1/1/2005) and bars (effective 1/2/2008).
  • 2007 – The Bartlett Hospital Board creates a 100% tobacco-free (not just smoke-free) campus beginning July, 2007. The CBJ Assembly amends the smoke-free ordinance to reflect this change, as the hospital is city-owned. The CBJ adopts yet another amendment later in the year to include bus shelters as smoke-free public areas.
  • 2008 – The 2004 smoke-free ordinance exemption for bars expires on January 2, 2008. All bars will become smoke-free workplace.
  • 2009 – JCA launches successful campaign for increasing local tobacco excise tax from .30 cents to $1 a pack, and from 12% on other tobacco products (OTP) to 45% OTP – voters passed tax increase in October 2009 with a 62/38 margin.
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