Can you smoke on pensacola beach

While the city was the first in Alabama to enact such a ban, eliminating smoking from public beaches is currently riding a popular wave across the nation. This month, public beaches in New Jersey will go no smoking and according to reports officials in beach communities across the nation are watching closely to see what the reaction will be.

Legislators in Florida are considering a measure that would also ban smoking on Florida Beaches. That legislation will be up for debate in the upcoming session of the Florida Legislature. As of now, violators of the Gulf Shores ban are subject only to a fine.

Sources close to the ban say it isn't being rigorously enforced either, but all of that is subject to change as lawmakers and public officials weigh the pros and cons. I'm outside, I am going to extinguish it and throw it away when I finish," said Gutierrez, who defended his right to smoke on the beach, adding that he was outside in the open air and was not harming anyone else.

State Sen. Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota, plans to offer legislation in the session banning smoking on Florida's beaches. Supporters say the move would help keep beaches clean by removing cigarette butts, which are slow to degrade, contain toxins that can seep into the ground and can be consumed by wildlife. It is everyone's beach and I'd rather not have cigarette butts out there.

Provost said she didn't like the thought of her children, 4 years old and 11 months, touching cigarette butts while playing in the sand. The beach smoking bill is one of many ideas that will be considered in the upcoming legislative session this spring, he said. Mike Hill files bill that would protect Confederate monuments. But, Parris said, banning smoking on the beach would infringe on personal rights, something he couldn't support.