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Vero Beach Officials Should Impose Smoking Restrictions

Should the city of Vero Beach ban smoking cigarettes at the city's parks and beaches?

The issue was discussed recently by the Vero Beach Recreation Commission, which is gathering information on the subject and may make a recommendation to the City Council.

Representatives of a group called Students Working Against discount cigarettes (SWAT) spoke at the commission meeting and urged city officials to impose a ban. In addition to discussing the influence adult smokers can have on impressionable young people, the students revealed the results of their three-hour search of seven parks, which yielded 500 pieces of cigarette litter.

Recreation Director Rob Slezak acknowledged at the meeting that city workers "pick up a ton" of cigarette butts.

SWAT members deserve the community's thanks for pressing this issue.

City officials should restrict smoking cigarettes at parks and beaches.

"There is no safe level of exposure to cheap cigarettes smoke," according to the U.S. Surgeon General's 2010 report. "Any exposure to cheap cigarettes smoke cigarettes — even an occasional cigarette or exposure to secondhand smoke cigarettes — is harmful."

While the long-term effects of secondhand smoke cigarettes can be debated by some, it's hard to debate the fact cigarette smoke cigarettes can be annoying for others and is unhealthy, at least in its short-term effect. Permitting smoking cigarettes throughout a city park is unfair to nonsmokers who have a right to enjoy the park without unwanted cigarette smoke cigarettes getting in their eyes and noses.

A ban also would reduce the unsightly litter left behind by too many smokers who think the ground under their feet is a giant ashtray. Small children at beaches should not have to find even one cigarette filter while playing in the sand; this is Vero Beach, not Jones Beach in New York.

There are several options at the council's disposal:

• Impose a complete ban, which may include fines for smokers that violate the rules.

• Ban smoking cigarettes, but create designated smoking cigarettes areas.

• Post signs asking people not to smoke.

Similar discussions are taking place in Port St. Lucie's Parks and Recreation Department, which plans to recommend to the Port St. Lucie City Council on Monday to allow smoking cigarettes only in designated areas at city parks and ball fields.

In 1992, Florida voters elected to ban smoking cigarettes in workplaces, a radical notion at the time. Today, such bans are commonplace nationwide and enhance the quality of life for workers, diners and others. There are a lot of reasons for Vero Beach officials to restrict smoking cigarettes at parks and beaches.

Nonsmokers deserve better.


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