Reasons To Stop Smoking: Los Angeles Area No Fun For Smokers
[ Posted in: Pot Smoking, Reasons To Quit Smoking, Smoking Ban, Smoking Women, All Postings, Secondhand Smoke on October 23rd, 2008 ]
If you are a smoker in the Los Angeles area you may as well decide to quit smoking now - before the government will make that decision for you. Ignore this and find yourself paying up to $500 in fines:
After Thousand Oaks, Baldwin Park, and South Pasadena, the city of Pasadena is set to be the next place in Southern California that may enforce a smoking ban that will make it extremely hard to find a place in public to light up. The ordinance could take effect in 30 days.
- Franc Tausch, PhD, CCHT
The City Council voted Monday to enact a smoking ban that would put extensive restrictions on smoking outdoors in non-residential areas of the city.
The new rules will prohibit smoking in outdoor shopping and dining areas, in ATM and movie ticket lines, within 20 feet of building entrances and at outdoor events like the Rose Parade. That would make it nearly impossible to smoke in Old Pasadena, and other commercial districts of the city.
Violators would be fined $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second and $500 for third or subsequent violations, according to staff reports. Smoking in parks is already prohibited in the city.
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December 14th, 2008 at
Ilive in a 8 apt. house just off La Brea and Highland.
One of the tenants is a lawyer and totally disregards that this is a non-smoking building. The hallways and now my bedroom closet are filled with stinking second hand cigarette smoke.
Can I do anything. The landlord tolerates it if smoking is within the apt. but it does penetrate the communal areas.
December 14th, 2008 at
Unfortunately, I am not a legal expert. Try talking to the other tenant and your landlord first. If that does not help, check with your city hall to see what the smoking ban specifies for your area, particularly about smoking in apt. buildings.
FT
January 9th, 2009 at
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March 8th, 2010 at
How can the city of Pasadena possibly think that they can ban a legal activity outdoors. Of course smoking is bad for you but this in my opinion is going to far. I can see the ban in many places but not outdoors. It will be interesting to see if this will stand up in court..
I doubt it…..