Dallas Parks Smoking Ban Tabled

Smoking at Dallas parks and public golf courses will remain, for now.

On Thursday, the Dallas Park and Recreation board tabled a vote that could have recommended the City Council to vote to ban smoking at all public parks and golf courses.

The most controversial part—the fact that the ban would apply to even private events at public parks including the Texas State Fair—appeared to cause problems for the vote.

A committee will now be tasked with rewriting the legislation before it is sent back to the Parks and Recreation board. Even if it passes that vote, it will still need to be approved by the Dallas City Council.

Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.