Cigarettes and vapes are banned on Pinellas beaches. Why not cigars?
Over the past year, Pinellas County and a handful of its municipalities have instituted smoking bans at public beaches or parks. St. Petersburg was...
Over the past year, Pinellas County and a handful of its municipalities have instituted smoking bans at public beaches or parks. St. Petersburg was among the first, as a ban approved last summer went into effect at the beginning of this year. On Wednesday, Treasure Island became the most recent. Even if everyone follows the new rules, though, beachgoers can still expect the occasional whiff of pungent smoke. That's because when state lawmakers passed a bill last year allowing local governments to create outdoor smoking bans for the first time, they also included an exemption for unfiltered cigars.