Calabasas Continues to Lead with Expansion of Smoking Ban

The City of Calabasas took additional steps to protect public health from exposure to second hand smoke with the expansion of a citywide ban on smoking in public places. Effective February 16, 2008 the City will work to ban smoking in mulitfamily units; apartments, condos and townhomes.

BREATHE California supports smoking bans in public and shared spaces.

Why?

• Tobacco smoke drifts.
• In in multi-unit housing, smoke enters through plumbing, electrical systems, cabinets and closets, ceiling fans, fireplaces, ventilation systems, under doors from halls.
• Smoke also enters windows and doors from smoking on patios, balconies and in courtyards.
• Architects agree that "secondhand smoke permeates building materials and allows for transmission to adjacent spaces."
• Tobacco smoke which enters an apartment or home on a regular basis is a health hazard. It's not like passing a person smoking on the street. The toxins in smoke can attach to furniture, clothing and surfaces.
• There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke.

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