Lee County bans smoking at parks, beaches - Gulfshore Business

Lee County bans smoking at parks, beaches - Gulfshore Business

In the 1970s, kids swam laps at a Lee County public pool while their parents casually smoked in the bleachers or on the pool deck, one longtime resident recalled. As a Virginia Slims cigarette ad from that era once proclaimed: “You’ve come a long way, baby.” These days the idea of smoking at Lee County parks and beaches didn’t stand a chance during a second public hearing on the matter at the June 17 meeting of the Lee County commissioners. A ga…