November 2, 2016 Patrick Lagreid Regulations,  Smoking Bans

Lane County, Ore. Rejects Parks Smoking Ban

Smokers are still free to light up in the 70 parks of Lane County, Ore. after county commissioners rejected a proposed smoking ban by a 3-2 vote on Tuesday. But it wasn’t the parks that seemed to be the deciding issue, it was the 240  campgrounds that would have been affected as well, and the concern about being able to enforce the ban had it been enacted.

Several reports cite public comment about the ordinance being used to target and harass homeless people as well, concerns that outweighed some commissioners’ hopes of passing the ban in an attempt to protect children from smoke and seeing adults using tobacco.

While this current proposal did not pass, the commissioners did request that the county’s Parks Advisory Committee to look at crafting another proposal that would exempt campgrounds and religious ceremonies, according to KEZI.com. That proposal isn’t expected to surface until at least early 2017.

Lane County is located in western Oregon and has a population of just over 356,000 people. It includes the city of Eugene, home to the University of Oregon.

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Patrick Lagreid

I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, the G-League's Valley Suns, and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.

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