LOCAL : Eatery Smoking Ban Rejected
The City Council today defeated a proposal to ban smoking in restaurants, a law that would have made Los Angeles the nation’s first major metropolis to snuff cigarettes and cigars in dining rooms.
Councilman Marvin Braude, who authored laws that prohibit smoking in supermarkets, elevators and at public meetings, proposed the restaurant smoking ban in 8,600 eateries citywide.
“The time has come to prohibit smoking in restaurants,” Braude told the council.
Braude’s proposal was defeated on a 6-6 vote.
Smaller cities have passed such smoking bans.
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