I am not a smoker and I do actually like the fact that smoking gets banned from bars and restaurant but this goes too far.
The city of Belmont, California, is moving ahead with an ordinance that would prohibit residents from smoking at home. In your face, Clean Air Calabassas!
The council said it wants enforcement of the smoking law to be complaint-driven, much like a noise ordinance. In other words, a neighbor of a smoker in an apartment complex could contact authorities if she was bothered by the smoke drifting into her unit, and police or code enforcement officers would respond and either mediate an agreement or issue a citation.
"It’s not that you shouldn’t smoke, it’s that you shouldn’t bother someone with your smoke," said Council Member Dave Warden, perhaps the most vehement anti-smoking voice on the council. "If someone is enjoying a cigarette wherever they are and not bothering anybody, they should be allowed to do that."
Source and more Info: Reason / Hit & Run
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