This California beach city just barred people from smoking in their own apartments, condos

[Elderberry]

American Military News by  Hannah Fry  Los Angeles Times - August 23, 2024 

Smokers living in apartments, condos and townhomes in Carlsbad will now have to think twice about lighting up inside their homes.

The beach city Tuesday became the first in San Diego County to expressly ban smoking and vaping of cannabis and nicotine products inside all local multifamily residential buildings.

While the city’s ordinance prompted some complaints about government prying into the private lives of residents, others applauded city leaders for prioritizing the health of nonsmokers living in units that are inundated by their neighbors’ secondhand smoke.

Advocates of the ban noted that cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, resulting in more than 480,000 deaths annually, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Secondhand smoke exposure can cause a variety of ailments, including heart disease, stroke and lung cancer, federal health officials say.

“This is more than an annoyance,” resident Katrina Preece told the City Council last year about the effects of secondhand smoke. “This is a painful and alarming health hazard.”

The law will go into effect in January.

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[Gefn]

Every apartment I have lived in since the mid 90s does not allow smoking inside it. You have to go outside on your patio or balcony. It's on the lease.

[Smokin Joe]

What's their policy on weed?

[Gefn]

What's their policy on weed?

Ironically, I think they allow it. Every evening when I take a walk with a neighbor and her dog, I can smell it. There are dispensaries popping up all over the place

[libertybele]

I can understand individual apartment complexes banning smoking because of the insurance liability, but implementing a city ordinance is overreach.

[Smokin Joe]

Ironically, I think they allow it. Every evening when I take a walk with a neighbor and her dog, I can smell it. There are dispensaries popping up all over the place

What's odd about that, is I don't find small amounts of tobacco smoke particularly offensive (full disclosure, I grew up working on my grandfather's farm helping raise tobacco and I smoked it for years).
Weed smells like skunk to me, and that I just don't like.
I'd wager that studies will show lung damage from consistent weed use, too--if they are ever done.

[Texas Yellow Rose]

What's odd about that, is I don't find small amounts of tobacco smoke particularly offensive (full disclosure, I grew up working on my grandfather's farm helping raise tobacco and I smoked it for years).
Weed smells like skunk to me, and that I just don't like.
I'd wager that studies will show lung damage from consistent weed use, too--if they are ever done.

It really does!!  I make some remark about smelling a skunk every time it drifts over to my backyard!

[Sighlass]

Advocates of the ban noted that cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, resulting in more than 480,000 deaths annually, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Secondhand smoke exposure can cause a variety of ailments, including heart disease, stroke and lung cancer, federal health officials say.

Then homosexuality should be banned, it probable reduces lifespans by more years than smoking.

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I also love the smell of cigs and pipes.... to me pot smells like burnt Autumn leaves.