There’s a petition drive underway in Rehoboth Beach to ban smoking on the beach.
Currently, the resort allows smoking both on the beach and the boardwalk but not in its parks or playgrounds.
Steven Curson is collecting the signatures and he told the Salisbury Daily Times that 90 percent of what’s found on the beach when it is cleaned up are cigarette butts.
City Commissioner Stan Mills noted that during a September 2011 cleanup day more than 7-thousand cigarette butts were found in the sand.
He told the Daily Times that he is aware of the petition and will take a look at the entire proposal before supporting any smoking ban.
Mills adds he does believe a ban would be a healthy policy.
