Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Public Conduct
LAMC §41.50 + LA County smoking bans in parks, beaches, restaurants, outdoor dining, and within 25 ft of business entrances; enforcement and signage rules.
How Outdoor Smoking Restrictions Rules Differ by Place
Mobile, AL: Mobile Bans Smoking in City Parks
Heavy RestrictionsMobile prohibits smoking and all tobacco product use in every municipally owned park, playground, and outdoor recreational area, from ballfields to walking trails and parking lots.
Goodyear, AZ: Goodyear Park & Trail Smoking Ban
Heavy RestrictionsGoodyear bans smoking and vaping outright in every city park, preserve, and trail under City Code Section 11-1-35. The ban covers bike, hiking, river, and horse trails, picnic areas…
Springdale, AR: Springdale Park & Trail Smoking Ban
Heavy RestrictionsSmoking and tobacco use, including vaping, are banned in every Springdale city-owned park, recreational facility, game field, grandstand and designated city trail.
Independence, MO: Independence Outdoor Smoking Not Banned
Few RestrictionsIndependence's smoking ordinance bans smoking only in enclosed public places and workplaces; outdoor areas, including parks, sidewalks and restaurant patios, are not covered and…
Gloucester County, NJ: Outdoor Smoking Allowed in County Parks
Few RestrictionsGloucester County parks allow tobacco and e-cigarette use outdoors. Section 2(aa) of the Parks Rules & Regulations bars smoking or vaping only inside indoor structures within a Park…
Charleston County, SC: Outdoor Smoking Near Workplaces, Charleston County SC
Few RestrictionsCharleston County's Clean Indoor Air ordinance bans smoking inside enclosed workplaces but does not extend that ban outdoors. Sec. 14.5-155 expressly allows smoking outside a workplace…
Cities & Counties with Outdoor Smoking Restrictions Rules
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Aggressive Panhandling
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Public Urination
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Skateboarding Rules
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Loud Party Ordinance
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Public Marijuana Use
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Public Alcohol Use
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