New Jersey Is Trying to Ban Most Smoking on Public Beaches

Trenton, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey is trying — yet again — to ban most smoking on public beaches, but it still hasn't answered a question that has snubbed out past efforts: Who would enforce the ban?

State Assembly and Senate committees on Monday advanced bills to ban smoking at public beaches, except for designated smoking areas comprising 15 percent or less of the beach. Smokers would be allowed to light up in parking lots, too. A final vote could be held later this week.