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Published on Thursday, September 04, 2008
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
The days of smoking while shopping for fruits and veggies at outdoor farmers markets could soon be over.
The L.A. City Council's Arts, Parks, Health and Aging committee voted Wednesday to ban smoking at farmers markets permitted by the city.
The full City Council is expected to make the ban law in the coming weeks.
"Most people who shop at farmers markets are there to improve their healthy choices, and it seems ironic that they would be breathing secondhand smoke," said Councilwoman Janice Hahn.
The outdoor markets will join a growing list of public spaces where people are prohibited from lighting up. Already, the city bans smoking in public parks and on city beaches.
The smoking ban at farmers markets would most likely be carried out with no-smoking signs and "friendly enforcement strategies through education," city officials said.
But some people see the proposed ordinance as another swipe at smokers' rights
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