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Smoking ban coming to Los Angeles parks

Posted on May 17th 2007 3:34PM by Brian White

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss

In another example of smoking being banished from certain public areas, the LA city council has decided that banning smoking in city parks is probably a good idea.

Originally conceived based on the health concerns of the public, the LA city park smoking ban does exclude public golf courses that are profitable.

What do you think? Should there be exceptions when "public" revenue is involved? I wonder if this will happen in other communities where profitable ventures that are public domain are in question.

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E. 5-17-2007 @ 4:58PM

Angelinos need to worry about cleaning up the air caused by cars and not worry about smokers in public areas. The net good in banning smoking in public parks is negligible at best.

As a former smoker, yes, quitting smoking and banning or limiting smoking indoors is a good idea. However, smoking is still an individual CHOICE and banning smoking while already outdoors is overreaching. Southern California enjoys warm weather -- people don't have to freeze their butts off like smokers do in some parts of the country where a smoking ban is enforced. Let's focus on the littering aspect and not restricting already limited freedom of smokers.

Nancy 5-17-2007 @ 6:50PM

Bravo to the first comment left! Los Angeles came in as the number one city in the United States for being the city with the worst smog problem. The air we breath caused by cars etc. in some places is far worse than what a smoker puts into the air. Just another small issue for the politicians to keep the peoples attention from the major problems we have.