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These smoking bans aren't anything new in California, but the City of Richmond -- which, arguably, has bigger law enforcement fish to fry -- has just joined the ranks of cities that ban smoking in multi-unit housing. The city received an "F" rating from the American Lung Association in January, and apparently at a loss for what to do about gang violence and the highest murder rate in the state, the city council has committed themselves to stopping the spread of second-hand smoke. Richmond previously instituted bans on smoking in public parks and farmers' markets.
City of Richmond Bans Smoking in Apartments
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Did anyone else see this? This is shameful!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11
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Those American Lung Association grades are bunch of alarmist crap. There is no way a town in California can get an "F"- it's impossible. An "F" means a total failure and should be for places where you can still smoke on public transit, school cafeterias, hospitals, etc. Letting people smoke on a sidewalk is not "F"-worthy
The worst city in the Bay Area just got even worse.
maybe they can redeem themselves by banning cat claw removal.
Ha!
Would that they would get on with that and ban it!
Why cut off the puppy dog's tail a little at a time??
Go all the way
Outlaw the growing, selling and smoking of tobacco.
Then sit back and watch the 'black market' take over(Al Capone)style
Prohibion..the second time around..drip by drip
http://smokersclubinc.com
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this picture gives me the chills.
My Apt Bldg in SF has this rule for all new tenants. The unintended effect is that all the smokers now smoke at the bldg's entrance which happens to be right where my front window is! So instead of smokers smoking in there own apts, now I get the smoke. Stupid nanny state law (And I'm a non-smoker who hates the cancer sticks) which moves the problem from the smoker's apt to mine! Any similar law needs to ban smoking in a radius outside the bldg as well. If that complicates enforcement, the legislation stinks - and stinks worse than the tobacco product theyre trying to control.