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HCC §14-23

Posting no-smoking signs in public places and workplaces

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

This section requires owners, operators, managers, or others in control of public places and workplaces to post clear signs saying smoking and e-cigarettes are banned. They can use other notice methods if equally clear. If they don't post signs, they get a violation notice and must fix it within ten days, then face fines.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Posting of signs

A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

(a) Clearly legible signs that include the words “Smoking is Prohibited by Law Including E-cigarettes and All Other Electronic Smoking Devices” or the international “No Smoking” symbol (consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette and a symbol of an electronic smoking device enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across it), or both, shall be clearly and conspicuously posted in every public place and place of employment where smoking or the use of electronic smoking devices is prohibited by this article, by the owner, operator, manager, or other person having control of such place. (b) Alternate means of notification may be employed provided the effect thereof is equivalent to the notice given by signs described in subsection (a). (c) Every public place and place of employment where smoking or the use of electronic smoking devices is prohibited by this article shall have posted at every entrance a conspicuous sign clearly stating that smoking or the use of electronic smoking devices is prohibited. (d) Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be issued a notice of violation and shall comply with the provisions of this section within ten days. Thereafter, the violation shall carry a fine as provided in section 14-24(b) and/or 14- 24(c). Each violation cited shall constitute a separate offense.
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.