Smoking Bans

While the State of New Jersey passed a smoking ban dealing with public parks and beaches, the borough of Norwood is eying a ban of…

As was largely expected, the Ocean City, N.J.  City Council unanimously approved a smoking ban on the city’s boardwalk at its meeting on Thursday night,…

Earlier today, the New Jersey Legislature passed a new law that will ban smoking in public parks, but after much debate, will allow for municipalities…

The Coos Bay City Council has snuffed out smoking on the city’s boardwalk, expanding an existing ordinance that bans smoking in one of the city’s…

The Ocean City, N.J. City Council will hold a second reading, public hearing and vote on the proposed boardwalk smoking ban at its meeting tonight,…

In what appeared to be a foregone conclusion, the Roosevelt City Council passed a comprehensive smoking ban in city parks at their June 17 meeting….

Yesterday, the Garden City Council unanimously passed a smoking ban on first reading. As currently written, the new law would ban smoking inside most public…

The Bremerton Parks Commission will hold a meeting tonight to discuss the possibility of banking smoking in public parks in the Puget Sound area city. The…

The city council of Laguna Niguel, Calif. has adopted an ordinance that prohibits smoking in all city recreational areas and will go into effect on…

On Thursday, the Kentucky Supreme Court struck down a 2011 smoking ban passed by the Bullitt County Board of Health, saying the board had exceeded…

Millburn Township appears headed to join the growing movement of cities in New Jersey trying to limit tobacco use. A week after the Environmental Commission,…