As seen in The Acorn:
The new Calabasas secondhand smoke ordinance, which would prohibit smoking in all public areas of the city including parks, sidewalks and outdoor businesses, will take effect by the middle of March, city officials said.[...]
The city council agreed to allow smoking in the following areas:
- Private residential property, other than housing used as a childcare or health care facility when employees, children or patients are present
- Up to 20 percent of guest rooms in any hotel or motel
- Designated smoking “outposts” in shopping mall common areas that are at least five feet away from any doorway or opening that leads to an enclosed area.
Even though I’m someone who doesn’t like to be around tobacco smoke, and who doesn’t like his tax dollars going to fund Medicare/Medicaid treatment of smoking-triggered ailments… Calabasas’ measure seems rather draconian.
At least they provided some smoking venues, recognizing that some folks are going to break the law otherwise.
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1 jimmy // 13 Dec 2006 at 3:50 pm
You don’t like your tax dollars going to fund smoking triggered ailments? You should
be very very happy to learn they don’t! The Master Settlement Agreement billions –extorted from
smokers only– is spent on everything BUT that. Could it be there are no smoking triggererd ailments?