Oregon, OH Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)

101(a) prohibits smoking in the Oregon Recreational Facility, also known as the William P. Coontz Athletic Complex, with the sole exception being the Complex's designated parking lots. Subsection (b) extends the ban specifically to any restroom, bathroom, storage shed or other structure at the Complex where the only recreational activity is softball, baseball, football or soccer. Subsection (c) puts teeth in the rule at the point of contact: anyone caught smoking must immediately stop when told to by the Mayor, the Service Director, the Safety Director, the Recreation Director, a police officer, or the person charged with managing the property, a category the ordinance expressly extends to a baseball, softball umpire or soccer official running a game.

The chapter defines "smoking" broadly to include inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or other lighted device for burning tobacco or an "alternative nicotine product," expressly covering electronic cigarettes, while exempting incense burned during a religious ceremony. Subsection (e) directs the chapter be read liberally to protect public health and to prevail over any less restrictive state or local law, and subsection (d) removes lack of intent as a defense. Violating the section is a minor misdemeanor under subsection (g). 10.