December 25, 2013 Charlie Minato Regulations,  Smoking Bans

Oregon Considers Stricter Parking Smoking Rules

While not a full statewide ban, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is considering banning smoking on various areas of state parks including common areas of campgrounds, picnic areas and trails.

According to The Statesman Journal, the commission will hold public meetings in January with a vote coming in February for rules that might take would likely go into effect in 2015.

Proposed fines are said to be between $60-110.

Spokesman Chris Havel told the paper, “An outright prohibition on smoking in all outdoor areas of a park — that is not workable, it is not reasonable, and it really doesn’t meet any state park goals.”

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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.

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