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Alameda adopts strict smoking ordinance

losingfeeling — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:50:27 +0000

The Alameda City Council has approved a new ordinance that aims to protect people from secondhand smoke by effectively banning smoking in all outdoor public places.

Smokers could run afoul of the new law -- most of which will go into effect Jan. 1 -- if they light up at a bus stop, ATM or even on a balcony of a multiunit rental complex.

Minnesota set to ban smoking ANYWHERE on county grounds

masshole — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:25:38 +0000

The most populous county in Minnesota is planning to prohibit smoking on any county property, even if smokers are in their own cars.

Lighting up is already banned inside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis but if new proposals are approved, smokers may be liable for fines on pavements outside and in vehicles parked on county grounds.