The former designated "smoke spots" on an Ocean City beach.

By Taylor Tiamoyo Harris | NJ Advance Media

Ocean City has become the latest municipality to ban smokers from lighting up on its beaches.

Beachgoers will soon face a $100 consequence for smoking on beaches, and for further offense, the fines can tally up to $1,000.

The ban was passed by Ocean City's city council on Thursday and also includes e-cigarettes. It's slated to go into effect on July 4.

Previously, Ocean had designated smoking areas for smokers. Now, approximately 19 beaches in NJ have banned the practice.

A state-wide ban that would prohibit smoking on municipal and county beaches and parks are also on Gov. Murphy's desk.

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Some cheered on social media, celebrating the ban.

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However, not everyone was happy about smoke-free beaches.

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This is getting Out-of- Hand!!! Is America still a Free Country! Which drug kills More people each year?? Nicotine or Alcohol??? Alcohol BY FAR Posted by Jimmy Dunnion on Friday, June 15, 2018

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Other beaches with a ban on smoking

This summer alone, Asbury Park, Wildwood, North Wildwood and Point Pleasant Beach passed new laws outlawing smoking on the beach this summer. The Wildwoods also banned smoking on the towns' famed boardwalk.

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Ocean County

Ocean County leads the way with now with seven municipalities that have banned smoking. Those beaches are in the municipalities

Barnegat Light

Beach Haven

Harvey Cedar

Long Beach Township

Seaside Park

Ship Bottom

Surf City

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Monmouth County

In Monmouth County, 5 municipalities have banned smoking on their beaches:

Long Branch

Ocean Grove

Sea Girt

Belmar

Spring Lake

Asbury Park

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Atlantic County

In Atlantic County, the following places have banned smoking on beaches:

Longport

Point Pleasant

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Cape May County

In Cape May County, there's no smoking on the following beaches:

Cape May Point beaches

Wildwood

North Wildwood

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Taylor Tiamoyo Harris may be reached at tharris@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @ladytiamoyo. Find NJ.com on Facebook