In a unanimous decision, the Marietta City Council has voted to ban smoking in Marietta’s Glover Park. The outdoor park in Marietta Square plays host to numerous events throughout the year, including rock concerts. After a recent concert, the Marietta City Council received numerous complaints about excessive cigarette and cigar smoke. As a result, smoking is now banned in the park effective immediately, and anyone caught smoking in the park could face fines as high as $500. Several other cities and counties in Georgia have already banned smoking in all public parks, and Marietta may vote to join them and ban smoking in public parks later this month.
if you dont want people to smoke, the gov. should stop baking the tobbaco companys and make it illagle to sell. damn the goverment for starting something thay cant stop. it would be just like the good old 20′s then no drinking LMFAO at all you people that think telling people thay can not smoke in places will get them to stop smoking.
Hi Chris,
Thanks for your comment. I do not think this law is an effort to get people to stop smoking. The bill protects the health of non-smokers who wish to attend events in a smoke free environment and allows children to play in a safe environment without the risks associated with second-hand smoke.
Yes, the cigarette smoke at the OUT DOOR Glover park is horrible! It’s almost as bad as all of the exhaust from the cars that pass by! As a concerned Marietta taxpayer, voter, and smoker, I can’t wait for the day cars are banned from a 10 mile radius of Glover park… Until then I guess I’ll step outside the fence to the free world to smoke… And you can bet it will be near the stage!
This is a very difficult task for the city. As a mother, I agree wholeheartedly with the intent of this decision. I have taken my 3 year old daughter to the park numerous times and have never felt she was in any direct threat from second hand smoke. 9 times out of 10 guests smoking in the park will ensure to keep a good distance from the children, but then again there is always that 1 parent/guest pushing their child on the swing with a cigarette in their mouth. I also smoke, so I sympathize with other smokers. I do think there has to be some kind of regulation to ensure that our children are not exposed to second hand smoke, but I also feel that some accomodation could be made. Could you not set up a smoker’s section of the park? Maybe a nice section of grass and trees set aside for those who would like to enjoy a personal right? Put up some nice benches and some cigarette disposals….accomodate both sides?