Palm Coast, FL Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)

Section 42-169, added by Ordinance No. " The section defines "smoking" to mean "inhaling, exhaling, burning, or otherwise using any tobacco product, including the use of an electronic smoking device or vapor-generating device," and it defines "tobacco product" expansively to include cigarettes, pipe tobacco, filtered cigars, chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, "or other plant product (including marijuana, hemp or other plant based products) intended for inhalation," along with any other lighted tobacco product, natural or synthetic. 209, Florida Statutes, already preempts their regulation. A "vapor-generating electronic device" is defined just as broadly, covering any product using electronic, chemical, or mechanical means to produce vapor or aerosol from nicotine or "any other substance," including e-cigarettes, e-cigars, e-cigarillos, e-pipes, replacement cartridges, and refill containers for those devices.

Section 42-169(e) directs the City to update park policies and signage to notify the public of the prohibition, so the operative rule is meant to be posted at each Park rather than left to the Code text alone.