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Santa Rosa County tobacco coalition asks board to expand park and beach smoking bans to include vapes and smokeless products
Summary
The Santa Rosa County Tobacco Coalition asked commissioners to broaden county park and beach smoke‑free language to explicitly cover electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), vapes, smokeless tobacco and emerging products; no formal action was taken at the Feb. 10 meeting.
Denise Manassa, chair of the Santa Rosa County Tobacco Coalition, asked the Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 10 to update county policy so parks and beaches are explicitly tobacco‑free and to include smokeless tobacco products, electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) such as vapes and vape “pods,” and new products such as nicotine pouches.
The coalition provided commissioners with a packet that included model local policies and existing ordinances from the cities of Milton and Gulf Breeze. Manassa said the county’s current park policy “just says the smoking of tobacco as defined shall be prohibited in any county park where such prohibited is posted,” and she urged the board to adopt more inclusive language so future…
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