Jonesboro, AR Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Park/trail smoking
- Prohibited outright
- Park fine
- Up to $50.00 per occurrence
- Municipal building smoking area
- 25 feet minimum from entrance
- Clean Air Act fine
- $25.00 to $100.00, misdemeanor
- Cessation product exemption
- FDA-approved gum, patches, sprays
Summary
Jonesboro bans smoking and all tobacco or vapor products in every city-owned recreational facility, park and trail, with violators fined up to $50.00 per occurrence. Separately, tobacco use around city buildings is confined to posted areas at least 25 feet from any entrance.
Sec. 50-26. - Smoking and use of tobacco products. (b)It shall be prohibited for any person to smoke or use tobacco products in any city owned or operated recreational facilities, parks, and trails. (e)Any person who smokes or uses tobacco products in an area where it is prohibited by the section shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $50.00 per occurrence.
Sec. 38-20. - Smoking area. Tobacco use areas shall be designated by the mayor of the city and shall be located a minimum of 25 feet from any building entrance so as not to affect the public or any other city employees.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 16).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 50-26 defines "smoking and use of tobacco products" broadly to include lit pipes, cigars and cigarettes, smokeless tobacco like chewing tobacco, snuff and dip, and electronic cigarettes, vapor devices or heated devices. Subsection (b) prohibits that conduct outright in any city owned or operated recreational facility, park, or trail. FDA-approved cessation products such as nicotine gum, patches, lozenges and nasal sprays are exempted under subsection (c), but electronic nicotine inhalers are not. The city must post signs in its parks, trails and recreational facilities at the discretion of the parks and recreation director under subsection (d). Separately, § 38-19 bars all tobacco use, whether smoked, chewed or dipped, inside city-owned or leased buildings, vehicles and equipment, and § 38-20 confines any permitted tobacco use around those buildings to mayor-designated areas at least 25 feet from a building entrance, marked with signage under § 38-22.
Violations & Fines
Smoking or using tobacco products in a prohibited park, trail or recreational facility is a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $50.00 per occurrence under § 50-26(e). A separate tobacco violation tied to the Clean Indoor Air Act in chapter 38 is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $25.00 and not more than $100.00 under § 38-18.
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