{"id":2381,"date":"2014-07-26T19:09:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T19:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2014-10-27T19:33:31","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T19:33:31","slug":"oregon-set-to-ban-smoking-on-all-state-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2381","title":{"rendered":"Oregon set to ban smoking on all state beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wow, 360-plus miles of those famous Oregon <\/a>beaches are set to become smokefree.<\/p>\n

The state earlier this year banned smoking in its state parks, and it considering adding state beaches to that ban (Almost all of Oregon’s beaches are open and free to the public). If people are caught smoking on a beach, they could face a whopping $110 fine.<\/p>\n

Smoking bans on beaches drives the smokers rights’ crowd, but there is a logic behind it. Sure, you’re not going to get lung cancer because you’re in the general vicinity of smoke guy smoking on the beach, but anyone who has been involved in beach cleanups will tell you, the No. 1 trash item found on beaches during beach cleanups is cigarette butts. Simply put, there’s no ashtrays out on the beach, so too many smokers end up using the sand as an ashtray.\u00a0More than 1\/3 of the waste<\/a> cleaned up beaches every year is cigarette butts.<\/p>\n

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So, looking at that, honestly, it’s impossible for me to feel sorry for smokers who are told they can’t smoke on beaches anymore. Sorry, too many smokers blow it. Even if you’re not one of the bad guys, too many blew it for all of you.<\/p>\n

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Wow, 360-plus miles of those famous Oregon beaches are set to become smokefree. The state earlier this year banned smoking in its state parks, and it considering adding state beaches to that ban (Almost all of Oregon’s beaches are open and free to the public). If people are caught smoking on a beach, they could … Continue reading Oregon set to ban smoking on all state beaches<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[324],"tags":[673,607,325],"class_list":["post-2381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cigarette-butts","tag-cigarette-butts","tag-oregon","tag-oregon-coast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cigbuttsbeach_daniellerichardet.jpg?fit=3824%2C2549&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hpEa-Cp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2578,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2578","url_meta":{"origin":2381,"position":0},"title":"Group calls on UK to ban smoking on beaches","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"October 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 A number of entities -- states, parks and cities -- have banned smoking on beaches in the U.S. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this is primarily over the littering issues more than any secondhand smoke effects. 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