Muskegon approves park rules with new 100-foot smoking, vaping ban

Muskegon approves park rules with new 100-foot smoking, vaping ban

The 100-foot restriction on smoking and vaping from playgrounds and pavilions aims to "maintain a clean environment and ensure everyone's health," though some residents call it a recipe for community tension.

Proposed expansion of outdoor smoking ban draws mixed reaction

Karina Mako Oktaviani (Getty Images) The City of Peekskill is considering additional restrictions for its ban on outdoor smoking in selected areas. The local law amendment would expand current code — which prohibits smoking in city parks — to no smoking within 100 feet of outdoor seating areas in the Peekskill Business Improvement District (BID), and at James Street and Nelson Avenue parking garages. However, not all were in favor of the propose…