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Lee County adopts ban on smoking and vaping at county parks and beaches
Summary
After extensive public comment from health groups, students and residents, the Lee County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to expand the county Parks and Recreation ordinance to ban smoking and vaping at county parks and public beaches, with enforcement and signage to follow.
Lee County commissioners voted unanimously June 17 to adopt an amendment to the Lee County Parks and Recreation Ordinance that prohibits smoking and vaping at county parks and public beaches.
The ordinance change, presented to the board by Amanda Swindle of the county attorney’s office, extends an existing indoor-smoking prohibition to outdoor parks and beaches “in accordance with Florida statutes,” Swindle told the commission before the public-comment period began.
Public-health groups, county health officials, teachers, students and parents made up the largest public-comment turnout of the meeting. Sally Krusher, director of community health and…
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