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"Local action by communities has proven to be effective in enforcing youth access legislation and reducing tobacco use among young persons. However, the tobacco industry has been equally successful in weakening local control and community involvement through state laws containing preemption provisions."
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, November 3, 1995
Oregon
Oregon restaurants and bars are smokefree!
As of January 1, 2009, all of Oregon's restaurants and bars are 100% smokefree. All non-hospitality workplaces have been smokefree since 2002. Additionally, the 2009 law restored local control to allow all Oregonian communities to enact their own smokefree laws. Read Oregon's 100% smokefree law.
To learn more, visit the Oregon
Department of Human Services or call 971-673-0984.
To report a violation, fill
on an online form or call 1-866-621-6107.
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On June 26, 2007, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongowski signed the law that closed the loopholes and repealed the preemptive language in Oregon's 2002 Smokefree Workplace Law.
Oregon state law is no longer preemptive. Oregon state law was preemptive 2002-2008, and provided that "A local county, district, municipality, port or political subdivision of this state may not prohibit smoking in any areas listed in this section unless the local government prohibition was passed before July 1, 2001." Read more about current tobacco-related legislation in Oregon.
Current tobacco-related statistics are available from the Centers for Disease Control's Tobacco Control State Highlights, 2007.
Oregon's next legislative session will convene in 2011.
Legislative SummariesArchives
There aren't any legislative summaries for this state at this time. Please check back.
Action AlertsArchives
- 8/13/2010Preemption Watch Bill Tracking Summary
- 5/19/2010What's happening in the U.S. Territories and Commonwealths?
News SummariesArchives
- 2/5/2010State Preemption of Local Smoke-Free Laws in Government Work Sites, Private Work Sites, and Restaurants United States, 2005-2009
- 2/3/2010As Oregon becomes increasingly smokefree, people are breathing easier
- 11/10/2009Study shows most Oregon bars are now smokefree
- 4/21/2009Hookah owners gasp at proposed law revision
- 1/1/2009More patrons, employees to breath easier Jan. 1
- 12/3/2008Smoke-free mandate set to begin Jan. 1
- 10/31/2008Workplaces preparing for Jan. 1 anti-smoking law
Press ReleasesArchives
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State Specific Resources
- 11/18/2005Resolution: Morrow County, OR
