Sunday, June 01 2008
According to an article in
The Los Angeles Times, Californians may now have another smoking ban to deal with. As if being barred from lighting up in restaurants, theaters, the office, and some beaches wasn't enough, a proposal passed by the state Senate last Thursday could bar tenants from smoking in their own apartments.
The measure would allow landlords to prohibit smoking in apartment buildings they own to protect nonsmoking tenants from secondhand smoke.
The legislation is among a slew of worker protection and consumer protection bills that advanced this week in the state Legislature, including bids to restrict lead in lipstick and toys, require nutritional information on restaurant menus, protect workers from discipline for using marijuana for medical purposes and bar dentists from arranging credit for patients while they are under the influence of anesthesia.
Senate bills now go to the Assembly for consideration, and vice versa.
Senate OKs measure to ban smoking in apartments
