{"id":644,"date":"2015-10-26T12:02:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T16:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=644"},"modified":"2015-10-26T12:02:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T16:02:39","slug":"smoking-now-banned-outside-ocean-county-library-entrances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2015\/10\/smoking-now-banned-outside-ocean-county-library-entrances\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking Now Banned Outside Ocean County Library Entrances"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_442\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-18-at-12.13.40-AM.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Upper Shores Branch of the Ocean County Library (Credit: Google)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-442\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-442\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-18-at-12.13.40-AM-240x180.png\" alt=\"Upper Shores Branch of the Ocean County Library (Credit: Google)\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Shores Branch of the Ocean County Library (Credit: Google)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Ocean County Library system has expanded its smoke-free policy to the entirety of each library campus under a new policy announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The policy, which was formally adopted in August, prohibits tobacco use and smoking in all forms, including the use of electronic cigarettes and smoke-free oral tobacco products on library grounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople smoking at the entrances to libraries were making some people and families feel unwelcome,\u201d Library Director Susan Quinn said.<\/p>\n<p>The smoke-free policy is important to the library\u2019s mission of \u201cconnecting people, building community, and transforming lives through the power of information,\u201d Quinn said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis includes the library\u2019s role in providing information resources on chronic disease prevention and serving as a welcoming and safe space for the educational needs of the children and teens who use our library system,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2015\/10\/smoking-now-banned-outside-ocean-county-library-entrances\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ocean County Library system has expanded its smoke-free policy to the entirety of each library campus under a new policy announced Monday. 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