Smokefree Knoxville is a volunteer driven, community-based partnership working to protect the right to a smokefree environment—for everyone.
Bringing together Knoxville-based musicians, hospitality workers, public health organizations, healthcare organizations, clinicians, anti-drug activists, and local businesses and venues to create smokefree workplaces for all Knoxvillians.
In the spring of 2026, Smokefree Knoxville led a multi-organization advocacy campaign in support of a comprehensive smokefree ordinance which passed 6-3, finally guaranteeing that Knoxville musicians, hospitality workers, city employees and more no longer have to sacrifice their health for a paycheck.
Thank you to the sponsors of the smokefree ordinance!
The ordinance was sponsored and passed by city counselors from across the entire political spectrum, showing that protecting the health of our community is still an effort that unites people of all backgrounds and perspectives. We are deeply thankful to the sponsors and to those counselors who voted in favor of the ordinance to protect the health of all workers in Knoxville.
On January 1, 2027, the ordinance goes into effect, banning indoor smoking in Knoxville.
GOOD FOR HEALTH + GOOD FOR BUSINESS
“No one stopped coming here because we went non-smoking…We gained more customers, and a lot of our staff quit smoking once we we made the change.”
— Todd Sherwood, Owner of The 5 Spot
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