Workplace Smoking Rules in Oregon

Employers covered. Employers with one or more employees.

Written policy requirements. Employer policy not specified.

Posting requirements. In public places where smoking is limited to designated areas, appropriate signs must be posted.

No smoking areas. Oregon's Clean Indoor Air Act regulates smoking in enclosed indoor areas open to and frequented by the public. Public places include, but are not limited to, restaurants, bowling centers, retail stores, banks, commercial establishments, educational facilities, nursing homes, auditoriums, arenas, meeting rooms and grocery stores. Smoking or the carrying of lighted smoking materials is prohibited except in designated area in a public place.

Designated smoking areas. While the person in charge of a public place may designate the areas where smoking is allowed, no public place may be designated as a smoking area in its entirety except: cocktail lounges and taverns; enclosed offices or rooms used exclusively by smokers, even though those offices or rooms may be visited by nonsmokers; retail tobacco businesses; and restaurants with seating capacities of 30 or less and restaurants with air filtration systems meeting statutory standards. Employee lounges must have nonsmoking areas.