Hats off to Del Mar CA council members for expanding the ordinance that bans smoking in public places!  Citing hard evidence that second hand smoke  DOES kill, the ordinance was amended to include a prohibition on designated outdoor smoking areas, on mobile sales of tobacco products, and on smoking on any public sidewalks.

Some of the evidence to support this decision:

• residents of cities that outlaw smoking are 17% less likely to suffer heart attacks in the first year after the ban
• numbers go up to 26% less likely in 2nd and 3rd year of the ban
• youth are 40% less likely to start smoking when they reside in a smoke-free city.

courtesy of bigoo.ws

The last one made it a no brainer for me!

While some of the council members typically lean away from government intrusion into private rights, when an issue of public safety was at stake, they did the right thing!  Thanks, Del Mar council members! 

The ordinance will take effect in 30 days. 

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