California is not what you’d call a tobacco-friendly state. Smoking is banned in most public places, and state officials have classified second-hand smoke as a carcinogen. But KPBS Health Reporter Kenny Goldberg tells us there’s one segment of California living where protections for non-smokers are sporadic at best.
By Kenny Goldberg
California is not what you’d call a tobacco-friendly state. Smoking is banned in most public places, and state officials have classified secondhand smoke as a carcinogen.
But there’s one segment of California living where protections for non-smokers are sporadic at best.
In San Diego, it’s illegal to smoke on the beach, at a Padres game, and in a public park. When you add in statewide restrictions on smoking in bars, restaurants, and workplaces, California has some of the nation’s toughest anti-smoking laws.
However, people who live in multifamily housing are left largely unprotected against exposure to secondhand smoke.