2013 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 11 - Public Health, Housing, Environment
Chapter 433 - Disease and Condition Control; Mass Gatherings; Indoor Air
Section 433.850 - Smoke free place of employment required; exceptions; posting signs.
(1) An employer shall provide a place of employment that is free of tobacco smoke for all employees.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section:
(a) The owner or person in charge of a hotel or motel may designate up to 25 percent of the sleeping rooms of the hotel or motel as rooms in which smoking is permitted.
(b) Smoking of noncommercial tobacco products for ceremonial purposes is permitted in spaces designated for traditional ceremonies in accordance with the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, 42 U.S.C. 1996.
(c) Smoking is permitted in a smoke shop.
(d) Smoking is permitted in a cigar bar that generated on-site retail sales of cigars of at least $5,000 for the calendar year ending December 31, 2006.
(e) A performer may smoke or carry a lighted smoking instrument that does not contain tobacco while performing in a scripted stage, motion picture or television production if:
(A) The production is produced by an organization whose primary purpose is producing scripted productions; and
(B) Smoking is an integral part of the production.
(3) An employer, except in those places described in subsection (2) of this section, shall post signs that provide notice of the provisions of ORS 433.835 to 433.875. [1981 c.384 §§4,5; 2001 c.104 §161; 2001 c.990 §2; 2007 c.602 §4; 2011 c.234 §1]
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