About The Juneau Clean Air Coalition

The Juneau Clean Air Coalition (JCA) has strived 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 of whom share a commitment to a smoke-free environment.

We partner with the National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence (NCADD), 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 Accomplishment Timeline, 1995 - 2008

• 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 in July.  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. All bars will become smoke-free workplaces.