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New South Jersey, NJ Law Changes Got Me Thinking: Should All Boardwalks Be Smoke Free?
Sorry smokers but your reign on our boardwalks are about to come to an end.
Two New Jersey towns have just announced their boardwalks are now completely smoke free and those towns are Wildwood Crest and Seaside Heights.
What does this mean?
That smoking anywhere on or near the beachfront is now banned.
This includes smoking any type of tobacco like cigars, cigarettes or vapes as well as marijuana or any other smoking apparatus for that matter.
Smoking was pretty much already banned on the beaches and a majority of the boardwalks but there were a lot of complaints submitted to the town that people were smoking wherever their hearts desired.
So....now there is an official rule on the books.
“We can’t stop them from walking down the street and smoking it,” said Seaside Heights Mayor Anthony Vaz. “We [now] have to have a reason to stop them.”
“It depends on the situation,” Vaz said. “We want to do it the right. It’s new, so we want to be respectful.”
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