In our communities, the health unit's tobacco enforcement officers (TEOs), who are designated as provincial offences officers by the Ministry of Health, are responsible for making sure residents, businesses, and community partners are in compliance with all indoor and outdoor areas and premises designated 100% smoke and vape-free under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017. Indoor and outdoor smoke-free and vape-free areas and premises are also described here. Smoking and vaping of cannabis is prohibited in the same indoor and outdoor spaces and places where smoking and vaping is prohibited.

TEOs help to ensure public places and workplaces are in compliance by:

• providing businesses, institutions, public places, multi-unit housing buildings, and condominiums with education and the No Smoking and No Vaping signage required by law to be posted in workplaces (including work vehicles) and public places;
• responding to complaints of people smoking or vaping in No Smoking and No Vaping areas including smoking and vaping of cannabis;
• educating tobacco and e-cigarette retailers about the laws that govern the sale and promotion of these products and accessories (see Retail sales under the SFOA, 2017); and
• ensuring compliance with the laws banning the supply or sale of all tobacco and e-cigarette products to anyone under the age of 19.

If you would like to register a complaint about someone vaping or smoking tobacco or cannabis or vaping in a prohibited location, selling tobacco or vapour products to youth under 19 years of age, or other violations of the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017, please contact Health Connection and a TEO will be assigned to investigate.