Popular Demand

Numerous polls consistently show that an overwhelming majority want their beaches to be smoke-free.
- A 2018 Fairleigh Dickinson University poll of 926 New Jersey adults and found that 75% support a proposed ban of all smoking and vaping on public beaches.
- In 2015, 60% of likely Florida voters indicated they would support an amendment to the Florida constitution to make beaches smoke-free.
- That same poll found that 72% of respondents felt that local governments should have the right to prohibit smoking in public places wherever children may be present.

According to a 2017 Gallup poll, 59% of Americans say secondhand smoke is very harmful to adults.