Peoria, IL Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)

Outdoor smoking in Peoria is regulated almost entirely at the state level. The Smoke Free Illinois Act, codified at 410 ILCS 82/ and effective January 1, 2008, prohibits smoking in all enclosed public places and places of employment, including bars, restaurants, casinos, retail stores, offices, factories, healthcare facilities, and government buildings. The Act extends to outdoor areas by prohibiting smoking within 15 feet of any entrance, exit, window that opens, or ventilation intake of a public place or place of employment. The 15-foot buffer applies on private property and on public sidewalks adjacent to building entrances. The Act expressly authorizes property owners, employers, lessees, and other persons in control of public places or places of employment to designate additional non-enclosed outdoor areas as smoke-free with posted signage, but does not require it. Peoria has not enacted an ordinance stricter than the state floor: there is no citywide ban on smoking in city parks, on public sidewalks generally, in outdoor dining areas, at city-operated transit stops, or on beaches. The Peoria Park District (a separate special-purpose government) sets its own rules for individual parks and may post smoke-free areas, but absent posted signage the state 15-foot rule is the operative standard. The Smoke Free Illinois Act applies broadly to all forms of tobacco, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and (since 2017 amendments and 2019 Tobacco 21 alignment) most jurisdictions also enforce against electronic cigarettes and vape devices in covered areas. Public housing and federally subsidized housing in Peoria is subject to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2018 smoke-free public housing rule (24 C.F.R. Section 965), which bans smoking inside units, common areas, and within 25 feet of buildings on covered properties.