smoking ban

Smokers can no longer light up on the beach or boardwalk of Belmar, thanks to a new ordinance that bans the practice along the beachfront and removes the remaining designated smoking areas.

The New Jersey Assembly yesterday voted 64 - 7 with four abstentions to ban smoking in all municipal, county, and state parks and beaches. Fines go all the way to $1,000 for multiple offenses.

The New Jersey Assembly has approved a bill that would ban smoking at all public beaches and parks in New Jersey.

Does this sound familiar? It should, because it came up about a month ago. Garfield is doing it, Passaic is doing it, and you can add Secaucus to the list as well. Banning cigarettes has become the new crusade local governments have been on, and also something of a cash cow...

Here’s what’s coming up tonight at 7, with me, Ray Rossi, in for Steve, celebrating his birthday today, as we spread the gospel of the Garden State to you all over the world at NJ1015.com…on your FM at 101.5, and with you at 1 800 283 101...

I don’t smoke, so I don’t have a dog in this hunt. But I feel for you if you do. Because there are more and more places where smoking is off limits. However I doubt it will ever get to the point that it’s banned altogether here...

I’m not a smoker, nor have I been for the last 30 or so years. And I’m glad I gave it up. However, I’ve known people who’ve smoked till their dying breath, my father for one, and a dear friend who had been dying from leukemia...