February 10, 2015 Patrick Lagreid Regulations,  Smoking Bans

Rock Hill, S.C. City Council Takes No Action on Parks Smoking Ban

The Rock Hill Parks & Recreation Commission appeared to have a good case on their hands going into Monday night’s city council meeting to get a parks smoking ban passed, but the council seemed to have other ideas, choosing not to take any action on the proposal.

The proposal was based on a similar ban on smoking at city sporting events and facilities that was passed 20 years ago, and was seen as a way to continue to improve the health of the city’s residents and reduce cigarette butt litter at parks. At one point of its draft the proposal was said to consider designated smoking areas, but was ultimately scrapped as it was seen to be unenforceable, according to a report from HeraldOnline.com.

Any new ban would require the drafting and passage of an ordinance, something that the council didn’t appear to be ready to move forward with on Monday. While the matter isn’t completely dead, it’s at least on hold for the foreseeable future.

Rock Hill is the fifth-largest city in South Carolina, with a 2013 population estimate of 69,103 people. It is located in the northern part of the state, 25 miles south of Charlotte, N.C. and approximately 70 miles north of Columbia, S.C.

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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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