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Oregon?s Smokefree Workplace Law, What happens when people violate the smoking ban?

The questions about complying with Oregon?s Smokefree Workplace Law (2007 SB 571, 2007 Laws Chap. 602) are thick on the ground, or in the air.

As is true with a lot of new laws, no one is completely sure how this law will all play out in real life. A lot of planning went into its drafting, and now that it has gone into effect, people are still asking those ?what if? questions.

If you have a question about the Smokefree Workplace Law:

1) Read the law. You may already have found the website links to the Oregon Smokefree Workplace website, which has the text of the statute and explanatory information. (See link above for the text of the bill and the session law.)

2) Call or email the Smokefree Workplace agency staff. This may be particularly helpful if you have a specific question and don?t find an answer on their website.

3) Read the news stories, and there were many, especially just before the law went into effect (you can Google Oregon Clean Air Act) and now that everyone is trying to comply (or not) there are even more stories.

4) Call you state legislator; they were the ones who wrote this law. They like hearing from people with questions about Oregon state laws. Find your legislators.

Keywords: smoking bans, smoke-free, smoke free, clean air

Full post as published by Oregon Legal Research on May 10, 2009 (boomark / email).