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Board approves first reading of smoke-free ordinance extending ban to semi-enclosed areas and sports venues
Summary
The Board of Supervisors passed a first reading, as amended, of an ordinance to expand San Franciscofrsmoke-free rules to include certain semi-enclosed areas and sports stadiums, after supervisors and health officials described research on secondhand smoke and added technical clarifications.
San FranciscoBoard of Supervisors on March 9 approved the first reading, as amended, of an ordinance to expand the citys health code to prohibit smoking in certain semi-enclosed areas and to require no-smoking rules at some sports venues.
Supervisor Marr, the ordinances primary sponsor, said the measure grew from a two-and-a-half-year campaign by public-health groups and community organizations to strengthen the citys 1994 anti-smoking ordinance. She told colleagues the legislation aims to "protect thousands of San Franciscans from the dangers of secondhand smoke."
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