PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — The debate over smoking in public parks is flaring up in Pinellas Park, where city leaders are expected to vote tonight on a proposed ordinance that would ban smoking and vaping in all city-run parks.
The proposal comes under the authority of Florida’s updated Clean Indoor Air Act, which gives municipalities the ability to restrict tobacco use in certain public spaces.
Similar bans have already been passed in nearby St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, and even in Polk County…