Signage and resources for smoke-free places and retailers

Queensland Health provides signage to help the community understand where they can and cannot smoke and vape.

The size and material of the signage is designed to suit where it will be located.

You can call 13 QGOV (13 74 68) to order your free signs and stickers. The product codes are included below to help order the correct signage.

To create your own signs in a different size or a different material, you can download artwork from the Queensland Health Asset Library.

Retailers of smoking products

Mandatory sign

The mandatory sign must be displayed at the point of sale and on or near tobacco product vending machines. It is available in an A4 plastic sign (1M233516) or an A4 sticker (1M233538).

Employee Information and Training Acknowledgement Form

You must get written acknowledgement from employees that they received instructions and warnings about the supply of smoking products. Hard copies of the Employee Information and Training Acknowledgement form are available (1M233535).

Liquor-licensed venues permitted to have designated outdoor smoking areas

This only applies to venues with a Commercial Hotel Licence, Commercial Special Facility Licence (containing all or part of a casino) or a Community Club Licence under the Liquor Act 1992.

Smoking Management Plan

You must prepare a Smoking Management Plan for the entire premises and make it available in request to patrons and Queensland Health enforcement officers. It is available in hard copy (1M233632).

Smoking area sign

You must have a diagram or sign that clearly shows the limits of the designated outdoor smoking area. You can use one of the free smoke-free or no smoking area signs to show where smoking is not allowed.

No children in smoking area sign

From 1 July 2024, children cannot remain in a designated outdoor smoking area at a liquor licensed venue. The no children in smoking area sign is available in an A4 sticker (1N342565).

Outdoor Markets and Outdoor Eating and Drinking Places

Smoke-free areas

Smoke-free market signs help show patrons where they cannot smoke. It is available in an A2 corflute sign (1N342558) or A3 corflute sign (1N342559).

No smoking signs help show patrons at outdoor eating and drinking places where they cannot smoke. They are available in an A4 PVC foam sign (1N342560) or A4 sticker (1N342561).

Smoking areas

You must have a sign that tells people where smoking is allowed and that they cannot consume food or drink in the smoking area. It is available in an A4 PVC foam sign (1N342556) or A4 sticker (1N342557) or A4 black and white sign (1M233531).

Smoke-free children’s areas

Smoke-free areas

No smoking signs help remind people not to smoke or vape where children are playing. The signs can be used for under-18 organised sporting and recreational activities and for children’s playgrounds. They are available in an A3 corflute sign (1N342564 or a 500mm x 350 plastic sign (1M234762) for under-18 sporting events.

Schools and education facilities

Smoke-free carparks

No smoking signs help remind people not to smoke or vape in school carparks. They are available in an A3 corflute sign (1N342562) and A4 PVC foam sign (1N342563).

Smoke-free campus

No smoking signs help remind people not to smoke or vape at schools and other education facilities. They are available in a 500mm x 350mm corflute sign (1M231988) and A4 plastic sign (1M231985).

Building entrances

No smoking signs help remind people not to smoke or vape within 5 metres of a building entrance. They are available in an A4 plastic sign (1M233634), A5 indoor window sticker (1M233894) and A5 outdoor window sticker (1M233895).

Smoke-free public places

No smoking signs and smoke-free area signs help remind people not to smoke or vape. A variety of signs are available that can be used in any smoke-free public place, both indoors and outdoors.

• The no smoking symbol with the tobacco cigarette and e-cigarette is available in a 15 x 15cm sticker (1M241355) or a 10 x 10cm sticker in a set of 4 (1M241354).
• The no smoking symbol with the tobacco cigarette is available in a 15 x 15cm sticker (1M233519) or a 10 x 10cm sticker in a set of 4 (1M231936) or as 21 x 6cm J-pole sticker for bus stops.
  • For the J-pole sticker, email smokingreduction@health.qld.gov.au
• “No smoking. No Vaping. At any time” A4 stickers are available in two different styles. Order the red, black and white version (1N242566) or the green and purple version (1N342567).
• A 15 x 8cm aluminium plaque with the tobacco cigarette and e-cigarette symbol (1M233893) and a 10 x 20cm perspex plaque with the tobacco cigarette symbol (1M231189) are available. These can be used in many smoke-free areas including public transport waiting points and children’s playgrounds.
• A smoke-free area 15 x 15cm perspex plaque with the tobacco cigarette symbol (1M231189) and an A4 plastic sign for smoke-free areas (1M233606) are available.
• Smoke-free facility signs help remind people not to smoke or vape in different types of facilities such as schools, health services, residential aged care facilities, public swimming facilities, sporting venues, and major event venues. They are available in an A4 plastic sign (1M233604).