Smoking prohibited in enclosed public places.

Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 7-187

in effect

Sec. 7-187. - Smoking prohibited in enclosed public places. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this article, smoking is prohibited from all enclosed public places within the city and it shall be unlawful for any person to smoke in any such public place, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) Aquariums, galleries, libraries and museums. (b) Areas available to and customarily used by the general public in businesses and nonprofit entities patronized by the public, including, but not limited to, professional offices, banks, laundromats, and retail service establishments. (c) Bingo facilities. (d) Childcare and adult day care facilities. (e) City structures and buildings, regardless of whether temporary or permanent. (f) Common areas of buildings, structures, establishments, businesses, facilities, and grounds, including, but not limited to, hotels, motels, bed and breakfast lodges or establishments, apartments, condominiums, trailer parks, movie theaters, office buildings, retail service or commercial establishments, multiunit commercial centers or facilities, shopping centers, malls, retirement facilities, nursing homes, and other multiple-unit residential facilities, and the like. (g) Convention facilities. (h) Educational facilities and schools, both public and private. (i) Elevators and stairwells. (j) Health care facilities. (k) Hotels and motels, except where otherwise specifically excepted by this article. (l) Polling places. (m) Private clubs when being used for a function that is open to the general public or to which the general public is invited. (n) Public transportation facilities and vehicles, including, but not limited to, airports, train stations, bus stations, buses, taxicabs, limousines for hire, and public passenger vehicles under the authority of the city, including ticket, boarding, and waiting areas of public transit depots, stations, or facilities and public bus transfer point shelters or stops. (o) Parking garages and jails. (p) Restaurants. (q) Restrooms, lobbies, reception areas, hallways, and other common-use areas. (r) Retail stores. (s) Rooms, restrooms, chambers, places of meeting or public assembly, including school buildings, under the control of an agency, board, commission, committee or council of the city or a political subdivision of the state, to the extent the place is subject to the jurisdiction of the city. (t) Service lines, service lobbies, and waiting areas open to the public at financial institutions, businesses and professional offices, and multiunit commercial facilities. (u) Sports or recreation arenas and/or venues. (v) Theaters and other facilities primarily used for exhibiting motion pictures, stage dramas, lectures, musical recitals, or other similar performances. (w) Waiting rooms, hallways, rooms in offices of any physician, dentist, psychologist, chiropractor, optometrist or optician, or other medical services provider. (Ord. No. 2579, § 3, 3-18-08)

Source: City of Gulfport, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/gulfport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH7OFMIPR_ARTVSMEEAI_S7-187SMPRENPUPLFetched: 11/1/2026