California Considers A Ban On Smoking On Beaches

NBC ID: AR3RBSYR6X | Production Unit: Today Show | Media Type: Aired Show | Media ID: NY-TDY-20040622-0001 | Air Date(s): 06/22/2004 | Event Date(s): 06/21/2004

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Event Date(s): 06/21/2004 | Event Location(s): Santa Monica, California;Pacific Ocean; | Description: There is a new front in the anti-smoking movement in this country. Under consideration in California today, a proposed ban on smoking on beaches. EXT DAY CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN MS: Surfer surfs near pier. MS: People play volleyball on the beach. MS: Man lights cigarette on the beach near the ocean. INT CALIFORNIA MS: In interview California Assemblyman Paul Koretz says "It's an environmental and health hazard any place along the coast." EXT DAY CALIFORNIA 2 MS: People (one faces unseen) sit in chairs on the beach as one puts his cigarette out in the sand. EXT DAY CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN MS: Man smokes on beach near the ocean. EXT DAY CALIFORNIA 2 MS: Men sit on bench as one smokes and the other in interview says "It's just adding to the rest of the bad toxins that are in the air." MS: In interview the smoker says "You're--you're outdoors, so you should be able to do whatever you want, you know?" EXT DAY CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN MS:  NBC's James Hattori reports on-camera on the beach with the ocean in the background. MS: In interview on the beach with the ocean in the background, Los Angeles City Council's Jack Weiss says (part VO) "The biggest problem is litter. You know, my kids and I went to a Heal the Bay beach clean-up a few months ago, and we spent hours on our hands and knees cleaning up other people's cigarette butts." EXT DAY CALIFORNIA MS: Point of view shot of walking on the sand past cigarette butts in the sand. EXT DAY CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN MS: Seagull in flight over the ocean. 3 MS: Mother and young children sit on the beach. MS: In interview the mother says "She was playing here in the sand, sees a cigarette over there--she puts a lot of things in her mouth." MS: Silhouetted tree and the ocean. MS: Beach front homes as surf washes ashore. MS: "Smoke-free Environment" sign. MS: Hand (faces unseen) holds cigarette on the beach. MS: In interview on a dock overlooking the ocean, Smoke-Free Beach Task Force's Robert Berger says "We really hope to change the social norm on this issue and make it just an unacceptable place for people to smoke." MS: Overhead shot of cigarette butts on the sand. MS: People play volleyball on the beach at sun set. MS: Sun set over silhouetted ocean and lifeguard station. VO:  Hattori signs off from Santa Monica, California.

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