Smoking and vaping may be banned at one state’s most popular beaches and parks: Here’s why

New Hampshire Senate Bill 596 would ban smoking and vaping at Hampton Beach State Park.(iStock)

“She had been enjoying a beach day with her child, and a group of people next to them were smoking — breathing in theirsecondhand smokewas horrible,” said Altschiller. 

“She asked the group to please put out their cigarettes and vapes, and they essentially told her to ‘pound sand.’”

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An estimated 1.6 million non-smokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke die each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). 

The constituent assumed smoking was not allowed in certain areas of the park.

“I would like for there to be signage and clear rules.Most people will follow the parameters of beach rules because they want to enjoy the beach like everyone else.”(Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

Yet law enforcement informed the woman that while smoking onthe beachmay be rude — it was not prohibited.

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There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke, with threats of serious cardiovascular and respiratory diseases such ascoronary heart diseaseand lung cancer, according to WHO. 

education is the best wayto keep it going.”

An estimated 1.6 million non-smokers across the world who are exposed to secondhand smoke die each year.(iStock)

She said feedback from the community has been positive, with many people not previously aware that smoking was allowed.

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“I would like for there to be signage and clear rules,” she said. 

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