Pasadena to Consider Sweeping Ban on Smoking
The Pasadena City Council is preparing to consider a sweeping ordinance to ban smoking in virtually all enclosed public spaces, including workplaces and restaurants, Mayor Jess Hughston said this week.
The city Health Department is drafting a proposed city ordinance, which the council will consider in March.
Council members, as well as local restaurateurs and anti-smoking activists, are already deeply divided on the issue. “It’s not so much a health issue,” said Hughston, the main proponent of the law. “I have a right to breathe clean air.”
“I hate smoking with a passion,” said City Councilman Chris Holden, “but a 100% ban puts an undue restriction on restaurants and small businesses when most of them are going under.”
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