01-31-2008, 07:01 PM
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Crazy
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Originally Posted by willravel
If you want to smoke inside, smoke inside your house. Second hand smoke is dangerous. If you drink in the same room as someone, they don't get drunk.
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I'm on the fence about smoking in public, but agree you should be able to smoke in your own place if that's what you want to do. However, the City of Calabasas (a stone's throw away from where I live) thinks otherwise:
http://cbs2.com/health/calabasas.smo....2.633073.html
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CALABASAS (CBS) ― Calabasas, the first city in the nation to snuff out smoking in public, has now voted to limit smoking in apartments.
The Calabasas City Council on Wednesday night unanimously passed a law to regulate smoking in rental-apartment housing, the second such measure in the state, it was reported.
Opponents of smoking say banning it in condominium homes or single- family houses could be next, while defenders of freedom to smoke call it an incursion into personal rights.
"This is another significant step in protecting public health from preventable disease," Calabasas City Councilman Barry Groveman, co author of the ordinance, said in remarks quoted by the Daily News.
"The only rights at issue here are the rights that protect people from injury to their health and safety. The next step is to see whether or not it's applicable, or reasonable, to see if this applies to condos."
The new law will ban smoking in 80 percent of rental-apartment buildings by Jan. 1, 2012. Up to 20 percent of buildings can be set aside for smokers, and smokers in apartments designated as nonsmoking will be
"grandfathered" in to puff away until they move, according to the Daily News.
The newest Calabasas law prohibits smoking on apartment patios, balconies and porches. Landlords will be required to set up outdoor areas for smokers. Violators could face eviction and/or misdemeanor fines or jail time, according to the newspaper.
In March 2006, Calabasas became the first city in the nation to limit public exposure to secondhand smoke in malls, parks, restaurants and bars and apartment common areas. Burbank and Beverly Hills have followed with similar measures.
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