California Bans Smoking at Beaches

 From Beach California
California State Senator Jenny Oropeza (D-Long Beach), saw her proposed bill to ban smoking on all California beaches pass--it has become state law. Just as hotels in Las Vegas are trying to reverse or modify laws about smoking (saw a decline in business after anti-smoking law passed), the trend moves more toward banning cigarettes and other smokable items such as cigars from public places. A ban on smoking at all California state beaches and parks was approved by the senate environmental committee in Sacramento that sets policies. Marine animals that digest the cigarette butts that flow into the ocean from the beach, are impacted by the waste. It interrupts their ability to eat and digest food. Cigarette butts contain more than 165 chemicals, and are non-biodegradable. "The No Smoking at State Parks and Beaches Act,” allows law enforcement to fine violators $250 for smoking at a state beach or at a state park. In California, the ban on smoking is expanding to include piers, city beaches, public places such around businesses and may one day reach into individuals shared walls in condos and other such close quarters residential areas. Santa Monica, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Newport Beach, San Clemente, Seal Beach and Solana Beach, all have smoking bans in place. Each year Californians participate in the Great American Smoke Out, which promotes ending the smoking habit. A recent study by our site, Californiabeaches.com, found that over 50% of hotel rooms at California Beach Hotels that include Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach, did not allow smoking in rooms. Read on