Cherokee County, GA Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)

Section 42-53, part of the Parks and Recreation article adopted by Ord. No. 2015-O-003, makes it unlawful to inhale, vape, exhale, burn, or carry any turned-on e-cigarette, lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or other combustible substance in any form within 25 feet of a playground, picnic pavilion, athletic field or court including adjacent spectator areas, or an outdoor pool or aquatic playground. The section also cross-references the county's separate No-Smoking Ordinance to bar smoking, vaping, and tobacco use entirely inside any building located within a park or recreation facility, and within 25 feet of that building's entrance or exit.

The definitions carried over from § 42-37 make clear "vaping" covers use of an e-cigarette or inhalation of its vaporized contents, so the ban reaches both combustible tobacco and vapor products equally. The buffer distances mirror the county's separate tobacco/vapor retailer restrictions on age and hours in Chapter 38, but this park-specific rule applies to everyone on park property, not just retail customers, and is enforced as part of the broader parks article rather than the general no-smoking ordinance.