For our communities,
and our environment

The Smoking Vehicle Assistance Program helps to remove the financial and informational barriers to repairing or retiring older, polluting vehicles.

By recruiting 1-800-EXHAUST Clean Air Advocates to help us get vehicle assistance information to smoking vehicle owners, we’re working with the community to protect and improve Bay Area air quality.

Get the Facts

• Smoking vehicles emit tiny particles that may lodge in the lungs and contribute to asthma and other respiratory diseases. Children and the elderly are especially susceptible to these hazards.
• Heavy-emitting vehicles contribute 20 to 30 percent of the soot and particulate matter found in the air.
• Vehicles that smoke generate 10 to 15 times more pollution than those that are well tuned.
• Ten percent of the exhaust emitted by smoking vehicles is circulated back into the car, harming the vehicle’s driver and passengers.
• Smoking vehicles are significantly more expensive to own and operate than well-tuned vehicles.
• Vehicles emitting visible exhaust for more than 10 seconds may be cited for a $100 to $250 fine.