Tobacco

Cessation, Prevention and Education

Fact Sheets:

Deschutes County Fact Sheet (updated 01/07/09)

Oregon Fact Sheet (updated 01/29/08)

Oregon's Smokefree Workplace Law
"Protecting employees and customers from secondhand smoke"

CHANGES IN OREGON'S SMOKEFREE WORKPLACE LAW

(ORS 433.835-870) is effective January 1, 2009

The law expands the list of indoor workplaces required to be smokefree to include:

• Bars and bar areas of restuarants
• Bingo halls
• Bowling centers
• Employee breakrooms
• 75% of hotel/motel sleeping rooms
• Fraternal organizations
• Any business or organization open to the public
• Any business or organiation with one or more employee
• Any place of employment: every enclosed area under the control of a public or private employer that employees frequent during the course of employment.

Smoking in not allowed in any enclosed area regardless of ventilation that is open to the public.  An enclosed area is any structure with a ceiling and three or more walls (permanent or temporary and made of any material).

In addition, smoking is not permitted within 10 feet of any entrance, exit, window or air intake vent.

This is the state minimum, municipalities, businesses and property owners can expand the law beyond the Smokefree workplace law. 

HOW TO COMPLY

Each business is required to post signs at each entrance providing notice that smoking is prohibited with 10 feet.

Signs are available through the Oregon Tobacco Education Clearinghouse at www.healthoregon.org/smokefree or by calling 1-888-412-1701

FILING A COMPLAINT

Employees or the public can file a complaint confidentially by calling 1-866-621-6107 or by completing an online complaint form at www.healthoregon.org/smokefree

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LAW

www.healthoregon.org/smokefree
Toll-free: 1-866-621-6107

HELPING PEOPLE WHO SMOKE TO QUIT

Oregon's Tobacco Quit Line offers free, friendly and confidential coaching and materials.

1-800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669)
1-877-2NO-FUME (Espanol)
1-877-777-6534 (TTY)

Resources:

• American Cancer Association: www.cancer.org
• American Heart Association: www.americanheart.org
• American Lung Association: www.lungoregon.org
• Center for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov/tobacco
• Cessation:
  • Freshstart Tobacco Cessation Program, Health and Learning, St. Charles Medical Center: (541) 385-6390
  • Oregon Quit Line: (877) 270-STOP or (877) 270-7867, www.oregonquitline.org
• Kick Butts Day: www.kickbuttsday.org
• Smoke Free Bars: www.smokefreeoregon.com and www.smokefreeworld.com
• Tobacco Free Coalition of Oregon (TOFCO): www.tobaccofreeoregon.org
• Tobacco Free Kids: www.tobaccofreekids.org
• Tobacco Prevention and Education Coordinator, Deschutes County, Health Department: (541) 322-7481
• Tobacco Prevention and Education Program (TPEP), Department of Health and Human Services, Oregon Health Services: www.oshd.org/tobacco

Comments or Questions?

David Visiko, Tobacco Prevention Coordinator, Health Department

David_visiko@co.deschutes.or.us or  (541) 322-7481